I've spent a lot of time trying to avoid xsl:if and for-each by using
apply-templates for everything. Is there a way to "apply-templates" to the
attributes of an element? I'm thinking of something like this:
<xsl:apply-templates select="./@*">. If this can be done, I could get rid
if a lot of xsl:if statements that check for the presence of attributes.
Joe
From: David N Bertoni/Cambridge/IBM
<david_n_bertoni(_at_)us(_dot_)ibm(_dot_)com>
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To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] Looping through attributes..
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:34:31 -0800
> > > Okay, I'm looping through attributes. Now I need to determine if
the
> > name
> > > of an attribute starts with a particular text expression. I have
the
> > > following (and it doesn't work):
> > >
> > > <xsl:for-each select="@*">
> > > <xsl:if test="starts-with(@,'S')">
> > > ...
> > > </xsl:if>
> > > </xsl:for-each>
> > >
> > > Am I close???
> >
> > Yes:
> >
> > <xsl:for-each select="@*">
> > <xsl:if test="starts-with(.,'S')">
> > ...
> > </xsl:if>
> > </xsl:for-each>
> >
> > or even:
> >
> > <xsl:for-each select="@*[starts-with(.,'S')]">
> > ...
> > </xsl:for-each>
>
> whoa -- i just noticed that the original poster asked to select
> those attributes whose *names* started with 'S', not whose values
> started with 'S'.
>
> in case that's what he wanted, just use "starts-with(name(.), 'S')"
> instead. i think ...
Yes, you're right -- I replied without reading closely enough. Glad to see
someone else did the same thing! ;-)
And since that's the case, local-name() might be more appropriate than
name().
What's that about great minds thinking alike...
Dave
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