If any of the tests is true, for instance <xsl:when test="text()='1'">, then
the output is <xsl:value-of select='positive'/>
which is an empty node.
Look at the quotes. Be sure to use appropriate quotes when outputting a
string:
Try <xsl:value-of select="'positive'"/>. All the value-of statements (except
in the otherwise) lack the double quotes.

Edward


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Rowell [mailto:richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 12:06 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  choose/otherwise not doing anything?
> 
> 
> I'm sure I'm doing something really stupid, but I cant figure out for
> the life of me why the following template always outputs and empty
> element.  The choose has an otherwise and I would expect that to be
> output (if nothing else).  No matter what I put as the input 
> it produces
> an empty element as an output.  IE:
> 
> (input)
>    <medical_assessment>
>     <tb_test_positive>1</tb_test_positive>
>     <tb_test_positive>true</tb_test_positive>
>     <hiv_test_positive>false</hiv_test_positive>
>     <hiv_test_positive>0</hiv_test_positive>
>    ...
>    </medical_assessment>
> 
> produces:
> <medical_assessment>
> <tb_test_positive/>
> <tb_test_positive/>
> <hiv_test_positive/>
> <hiv_test_positive/>
> ...
> </medical_assessment>
> 
> I would expect to (at least) get "otherwise". My template follows:
> 
>   <xsl:template match="medical_assessment/tb_test_positive |
> medical_assessment/hiv_test_positive">
>    <xsl:element name="{name()}">
>     <xsl:choose>
>      <xsl:when test="text()='true'">
>       <xsl:value-of select='positive'/>
>      </xsl:when>
>      <xsl:when test="text()='1'">
>       <xsl:value-of select='positive'/>
>      </xsl:when>
>      <xsl:when test="text()='false'">
>       <xsl:value-of select='negative'/>
>      </xsl:when>
>      <xsl:when test="text()='0'">
>       <xsl:value-of select='negative'/>
>      </xsl:when>
>      <xsl:otherwise>
>       <xsl:value-of select="'otherwise'"/>
>      </xsl:otherwise>
>     </xsl:choose>
>    </xsl:element>
>   </xsl:template>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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