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Re: Unexpected behavior with xsl:choose, xsl:when, xsl:variable

2003-08-08 08:25:05
Hi Samuel,
  Though its difficult to tell with 100% surety what
might be wrong with your XSL. If possible you may send
your complete XSL and XML and tell us which XSLT
processor you are using.. It will help us to locate
the problem..

Please also try these for debugging --
a) try using normalize-space() function to encapsulate
$var1 before comparison. This would remove any leading
and trailing spaces from the string.

b) try printing the string length of $var1 using
string-length() function. pls see if it is 1 .. 

Regards,
Mukul


--- Samuel Bruce <bperryman_us(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com> wrote:
Hello,

I learned of this list from another users group. I
hope that you won't mind my question.

I have a xsl file which sets an xsl:variable at the
start of the file (before the match:template) from
either a request parameter or a session parameter.
The
variable is defined as:

<xsl:variable name="var1">
<xsl:value-of select="parm"/>
</xsl:variable>

Within my xsl:choose I test the value of the
variable:

<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$var1='A'">
Display A
 </xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
Display Something Else
 </xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

The first time through, when the variable is set to
'A' Display A is executed. If I redirect back to
this
xsl later when the value of the variable is set to
'A'
Display Something Else is executed.
I have displayed the variable before the test for
debugging purposes and the variable is indeed set to
'A', but the logic doesn't seem to follow.

Is there a way that I can see exactly what the
xsl:when is evaluating? Am I misinterpreting the
behavior of xsl:when?

I am running WIN XP, IE, Tomcat, Cocoon

Thank you

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