Re: Re: Complex expression

Slight Correction:

So should I use
<xsl:when test='not(sht:Cell[sht:Name="Start_Date"]/@ValueType = "DATE")' >
as opposed to:
<xsl:when test='not(sht:Cell/sht:Name[.="Start_Date"]/@ValueType = "DATE")'>

Is that correct ?


On 3/16/06, Oleg Konovalov <olegkon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Andrew,
>
> So you are saying that to determine the Type of the Cell [named
"Start_Date"],
> I need to use:  sht:Cell[sht:Name="Start_Date"]/@ValueType.
>
> I also looked at not() vs. != in "Beginning XSLT" book and
> if I understand correctly, it is better to use not() in my case (for
> comparison true for any node), so it boils down to using:
> <xsl:when test='not(sht:Cell[sht:Name="Start_Date"]/@ValueType = 'DATE')'
>...
>
> Do you agree ?
>
> Thank you,
> Oleg.
>
> On 3/16/06, andrew welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 3/16/06, Oleg Konovalov <olegkon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Are these 2 expressions equal (if not, please explain):
> > > sht:Cell[sht:Name="Start_Date"]/@ValueType    and
> > > sht:Cell/sht:Name[.="Start_Date"]/@ValueType
> >
> > no, the former looks for @ValueType on sht:Cell and the latter on
sht:Name...
> >
> > Sorry I hit "reply" instead of "reply to all" on the last mail, we
> > really should keep this on list