given
<INDI ID='I001'>
<NAME>John Derek <S>Montalt (Moult)</S></NAME>
<SEX>M</SEX>

I need conditional processing, dependent on the sex of
the NAMEd person.

I'm getting a syntax error with

<xsl:template match="INDI">
 <xsl:choose>
   <xsl:when test="[string(SEX)='M']">
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ syntax error.^^^^^^^^^^^^^

T:\FTEMP>type test.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<test>
 <person><sex>M</sex><name>John</name></person>
 <person><sex>F</sex><name>Jane</name></person>
</test>
T:\FTEMP>type test.xsl
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/XSL/Transform/1.0">

<xsl:template match="/test">
  <xsl:for-each select="person">
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="sex='M'">&#xa;Male: </xsl:when>
      <xsl:when test="sex='F'">&#xa;Female: </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>&#xa;Who knows?: </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
    <xsl:value-of select="name"/>
  </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

T:\FTEMP>call xsl test.xml test.xsl test.txt
T:\FTEMP>type test.txt

Male: John
Female: Jane
T:\FTEMP>

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