RE: RE: Re: How to express a select attr in for-each f

Yang,
I doubt there will be a performance hit. One or the other should
evaluate to an empty set right away. 

Ciao Chris

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> Subject:  RE: Re: How to express a select attr in 
> for-each for conditional or nonconditonal case.
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> Hi,  Chris,
> Thanks for the good  solution,   I can see your point now; 
>  
> > Chris writes
> >Ok you want
> ><xsl:for-each
> select="$source[contains($keywrd,.)]|$source[$keywrd='']">
> 
> The select attr  is actually expressed from union of two 
> sets,   this is
> something I can use from now on.
> Just for curiosity, will it cost some speed performance  by 
> going through two patterns each time?  Or a better solution 
> for what I want to achieve?
> 
> regards
> Sun-fu Yang
> 
> sfyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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