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Re: Choose Test for Emtpy element

Subject: Re: Choose Test for Emtpy element
From: "J.Pietschmann" <j3322ptm@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 19:25:52 +0100
Re:  Choose Test for Emtpy element
Karl Stubsjoen wrote:
I am performing a CHOOSE | WHERE | OTHERWISE ... the test for this choose is
to see whether or not my @AvailableInventory is '' (empty).  It doesn't seem
to work, but indeed there is no real value in this attribute.

Well, you have > <xsl:when test="@availableInventory=''"> and > <xsl:value-of select="format-number(@AvailableInventory,'###,###')"/> First check which of the two spellings are correct.

I'm thinking
it is padded with spaces.  So how would I perform my test, but trim all the
spaces... or is there another test for "Empty"?

Use normalize-space(): <xsl:when test="normalize-sspace(@availableInventory)=''">

J.Pietschmann


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