Re: how can check whether an attribute exists or not?

   David Carlisle a écrit :

I regret to say my French is even worse than my English (which as any
reader of this list will know, is pretty bad:-)

   > > <xsl:when test="@href=''">
   >
   > That tests if the string value is empty, which is true if there isn't an
   > attribute or of it s explictly empty.
   >

   you mean that if i have:
   <ok>my_string</ok> in my XML file

   i could test <xsl:when test="@ok=''">
   to know if my_string is empty or not ?


No I meant the string value of the attribute, not the string value of
the element (that's what the @ is doing) but without the @:

 <xsl:when test="ok=''">

(if executed in a template for the parent element) would test if the
first ok child had an empty string as its string value (which isn't the
same as it being empty, <ok><xxx/></ok> would test true for the above
test It would also be true if there were no ok elements.

David

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