RE: determining if one or more instances of a child are present in the c

I apologize. My was pure astonishment to find that it was just as
simple. I believe sometimes instead of doing it the easy way one goes
and does it the hard way (as I did).

Thanks,

Abhishek Sanwal
HP - Houston Campus
abhishek(_dot_)sanwal(_at_)hp(_dot_)com

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhk(_at_)mhk(_dot_)me(_dot_)uk] 
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:57 AM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: RE: [xsl] determining if one or more instances of a child are
present in the current node element

> Hmm.. is that so ?
Yes, it is so.

Please: asking a simple beginner's question, getting a correct answer
from an expert, and then questioning whether it is correct is not very
polite.

Michael Kay


> Because my current node will be <Paragraph> and not <paraitem>.
>
> Also, it can have other elements as children. So I need to 
> have a specific "test" that checks if that child exists 
> before APPLYING stylesheets for that child.
>
> <Paragraph>
>       <ParaItem>
>       <ParaItem>
>       <ParaItem>
> ....
> <Paragraph>
>
> Let me know :). Is there a better expression to check if the 
> current NODE (paragraph) contains ATLEAST one child PARAITEM.
>
> :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Abhishek Sanwal
> HP - Houston Campus
> abhishek(_dot_)sanwal(_at_)hp(_dot_)com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jarno(_dot_)Elovirta(_at_)nokia(_dot_)com 
> [mailto:Jarno(_dot_)Elovirta(_at_)nokia(_dot_)com] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:42 AM
> To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
> Subject: RE: [xsl] determining if one or more instances of a 
> child are present in the current node element
>
> Hi,
>
> > <xsl:if test="count(child::*[name()=('ParaItem')]) &gt;=1">
> > <!-- Check if this expression is correct -->
> >
> > Is this expression correct in being able to determine if 
> the current 
> > node has one or more instances of the child ParaItem?
> Yes, but the easies way would be just to test with
>
>   <xsl:if test="ParaItem"/>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jarno - VNV Nation: Amhrain Comhrac
>
>
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