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RE: [xsl] Function to accept node and name of subnode in parameter string

2008-08-20 14:37:45
From: Bordeman, Chris 
[mailto:Chris(_dot_)Bordeman(_at_)wolterskluwer(_dot_)com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:29 PM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Function to accept node and name of subnode in parameter
string

Hi all.  I need to create a 2.0 function that will accept an element()?
and a xs:string.  The string will contain the name of a subnode of the
first parameter.

The function will do something like this:

<!-- Given any node and the name of a subnode, returns
     the nonempty subnode's value or N/A -->
<xsl:function name="fn:ValueOrNA" as="xs:string">
      <xsl:param name="node" as="element()?"/>
      <xsl:param name="childelementname" as="xs:string"/>
      <xsl:choose>
              <xsl:when test="$node and $node/$childname != ''">
                      <xsl:value-of select="$node/$childname"/>
              </xsl:when>
              <xsl:otherwise>
                      <xsl:value-of select="'N/A'"/>
              </xsl:otherwise>
      </xsl:choose>
</xsl:function>

But it always seems to return just the second string I pass in, not the
value of the subnode.

Since you are passing in the name of the subnode you need to test by name.

<xsl:when test="$node and $node/*[local-name() = $childname] != ''">


Andy.


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