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copied!<p>XSL is a scripting language for XML, <strong><em>written as XML</em></strong>. Because it is XML, all instructions are XML tags, and likewise all opening XML tags need closing XML tags.</p> <p>For XSL, this snippet is actually very concise.</p> <p>Your summation of what the code does is correct. XSL is pretty easy to learn, but I'll clarify a few tags for you</p> <pre><code><xsl:template name="break-tag"> ... </xsl:template> </code></pre> <p>An xsl:template is roughly equivalent to a function</p> <pre><code><xsl:param name="string" select="string(.)"/> </code></pre> <p>This is an input parameter to the template/function. String(.) is the text that is currently in scope when this template is called</p> <pre><code><xsl:analyze-string select="$string" regex="&lt;br&gt;" flags="i"> <xsl:matching-substring> <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&lt;\n&gt;</xsl:text> </xsl:matching-substring> <xsl:non-matching-substring> <xsl:call-template name="open-list-tag"/> </xsl:non-matching-substring> </xsl:analyze-string> </code></pre> <p>This compares the string against a regular expression. If there is a match, then "<\n>" is written to the output. If there isn't a match, then another template (open-list-tag) is called.</p> <hr> <p>Edit - On duplication</p> <p>XSL has a switch/case instruction as well as expanded regex functionality. You might be able to modify this to do what you need:</p> <pre><code><xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="matches(string(.),'&lt;br&gt;')"> <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&lt;\n&gt;</xsl:text> </xsl:when> <xsl:when test="matches(string(.),'&lt;li&gt;')"> <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">@F07/2 Bullet Points:</xsl:text> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:text>Unkown Tag: <xsl:value-of select="string(.)"/></xsl:text> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </code></pre>

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