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Appendices

9.1 Conditional Processing with

< if
   test= boolean-expression >
   <-- Content: -->
< /if>

The xsl:if element has a test attribute, which specifies an Expression. The content is a template. The expression is evaluated and the resulting object is converted to a boolean as if by a call to the boolean function. If the result is true, then the content template is instantiated; otherwise, nothing is created. In the following example, the names in a group of names are formatted as a comma separated list:

<xsl:template match="namelist/name">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
  <xsl:if test="not(position()=last())">, </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

The following colors every other table row yellow:

<xsl:template match="item">
  <tr>
    <xsl:if test="position() mod 2 = 0">
       <xsl:attribute name="bgcolor">yellow</xsl:attribute>
    </xsl:if>
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </tr>
</xsl:template>