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Re: XSLT Stylesheet test for special character

  • From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@g...>
  • To: Jack Bush <netbeansfan@y...>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:31:09 +0100

Re:  XSLT Stylesheet test for special character
* Jack Bush wrote:
><strong>Firstname:</strong> 

>( 4 ) <xsl:value-of select="ns:strong"/>
>( 5 ) <xsl:choose>
>( 6 ) <xsl:when test="Firstname:">

>The error message has something like: Invalid QName on line 6 of stylesheet.....

Your test looks for a <Firstname:> child element, which cannot exist.
You have to compare the string value of the strong element to the string
'Firstname:', e.g. using

  string(.) = 'Firstname:'

or

  text() = 'Firstname:'

http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Conditional-Processing-with-xsl:choose
http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#dt-expression
http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#NT-Expr
http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#node-tests
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