Subject: Re: Conditional expressions using optional attributes/elements
From: "Aleksei Valikov" <valikov@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:47:36 +0200
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Hi.
> Problem 1:
> <xsl:if test="@enabled != 'false' and @override != 'false'">
> <!-- do something -->
> </xsl:if>
> But if the attributes are not defined, it doesn't act as expected.
Try not(@enabled='false') and not(@override='false')
See the definitions of equality expressions with node-sets. You'll
understand why a != b is not the same as
not(a=b)
> I have an element which has optional *elements*, and I want to test the
> values of attributes of these elements. Here's the DTD:
> <xsl:if test="enabled/@value != 'false' and override/@value != 'false'">
> <!-- do something -->
> </xsl:if>
> But if the *elements* are not defined, it doesn't act as expected.
The same - use not(enabled/@value = 'false').
Bye.
/lexi
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