RE: CDATA required for javascript????

You need CDATA if your code contains <
i.e.
 <script language="javascript">
     <xsl:comment>
         <![CDATA[
		if (x < y)
             document.write(form.first_elem.value);
         ]]>
     </xsl:comment>
 </script>
But you can also do this
 <script language="javascript">
     <xsl:comment>
		if (x &lt; y)
             document.write(form.first_elem.value);
     </xsl:comment>
 </script>
Which is the same

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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of yan bai
> Sent: 06 December 2001 14:55
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> Subject:  CDATA required for javascript????
> 
> 
> I noticed that several books put javascript in CDATA,
> but also found that javascript also worked without
> CDATA.  
> <script language="javascript">
>     document.write(form.first_elem.value);
> </script>
> 
> or
> 
> <script language="javascript">
>     <xsl:comment>
>         <![CDATA[
>             document.write(form.first_elem.value);
>         ]]>
>     </xsl:comment>
> </script>
> 
> Both of the above works fine.
> 
> I wonder if it is just a matter of style, or it
> requires CDATA in some special cases.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Yan
> 
> 
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