From: SAL ROSALES Jr. [mailto:salrosales(_at_)prodigy(_dot_)net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 2:03 PM
Subject: [xsl] test for blank
I'm trying to test for a value of nothing for with
XSL. I understand there are no 'else' statements
available in xsl so I'm trying to get this to work. I
thought using the not function would work but so far
the only output I'm getting is from the 1st nested if
statement
Here are my if statements:
<xsl:if test="@value">
<xsl:if
test="@value[contains(., '')]">
There
is nothing to see
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if
test="@value[not(contains(., ''))]">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:if>
contains(., '') will *always* return true, so this is a useless test. Why
not just do:
<xsl:if test="@value = ''"> for the first test, and
<xsl:if test="@value != ''"> for the second? Or use xsl:choose:
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="@value = ''"> etc.
hth,
b.
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