Re: Selecting other than certain children

"Gregory Murphy" <Gregory.Murphy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.4.10.10301012146290.12101-100000@xxxxxxx
> 
> Assuming an element 'n' with children elements 'c', and some number
of
> other, unknown, children elements, the only way that I know to test
for the
> presence of elements other than 'c' is:
> 
> <xsl:template match="n">
>   <xsl:if test="*[name() != 'c']">
>     <!-- Do stuff -->
>   </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> This strikes me as somewhat awkward. Is there a more direct test?
>  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list

Depends on how one defines "more direct". For example, is the following
more direct?

<xsl:template match="n[*[not(self::c)]]">
  <!-- Do stuff -->
</xsl:template>




=====
Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL

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