Hi,

forget the tests, templates are only applied if a node of that type is
found, just use:

<xsl:apply-templates select="intro|steps|points|conclusion"/>

bye
Frank
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Frank Spychalski
Research Engineer
SAP Labs, Palo Alto           frank.spychalski@xxxxxxx 

->-----Original Message-----
->From: Eric Taylor [mailto:Eric.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
->Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 12:45 PM
->To: 'XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
->Subject: applying templates more efficiently?
->
->
->I have sections of my XSL that look like this:
->
->  <xsl:template match="body">
->    <xsl:if test="intro"><xsl:apply-templates 
->select="intro"/></xsl:if>
->    <xsl:if test="steps"><xsl:apply-templates 
->select="steps"/></xsl:if>
->    <xsl:if test="points"><xsl:apply-templates 
->select="points"/></xsl:if>
->    <xsl:if test="conclusion"><xsl:apply-templates
->select="conclusion"/></xsl:if>
->       etc.
->
->Is there a way that I can consolidate these into a single 
->statement, e.g,.
->something like
->
->    <xsl:if test="intro | steps | points | conclusion">
->       <xsl:apply-templates select= " ***???*** "/>   <!-- 
->not sure what
->should go here -->
->    </xsl:if>
->
->Thanks again from a novice.  Eric  : )
->
->
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