Re: "Return" from a function?

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Subject: Re: "Return" from a function?
From: Phillip B Oldham <phillip.oldham@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:52:43 +0100

*David:* Yes, sorry - I meant <xsl:template />.

Thinking procedurally, what I'd like to do is something like:

<xsl:template match="/subscriptions/item"> <xsl:if test="not(renewaldate)"> Sorry, there has been an error... <xsl:return /> </xsl:if>  Your renewal date for <xsl:value-of select="subscriptionname" /> is: <xsl:value-of select="renewaldate" />. </xsl:template>

Though, thinking about it, I suppose I could do something like the following (thanks *Andrew*):

<xsl:template match="/subscriptions/item[renewaldate]"> Your renewal date for <xsl:value-of select="subscriptionname" /> is: <xsl:value-of select="renewaldate" />. </xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="/subscriptions/item[not(renewaldate)]">
<p>Sorry, there has been an error...</p>
</xsl:template>

Feels weird though, because actions for the same element aren't being kept "together" (within the same template), but it does look more useful than a return.

*Andrew:* Yes, I started off doing a lot of for-each loops. I'm using apply-template as much as I can... but I do revert a lot. ;) My nightmare is using call-template all over the place. Really does slow things down. I try to use it only for "includes" now, and for processing nodesets and returning a value. I've heard that you can create a custom function to be used in XPath using call-templates, but I've not found much documentation on it yet. :(

Anyway... Thanks guys!

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Re: "Return" from a function? Phillip B Oldham - 1 Jun 2006 06:53:01 -0000 <= Mukul Gandhi - 1 Jun 2006 09:31:23 -0000 Mukul Gandhi - 1 Jun 2006 09:33:02 -0000 andrew welch - 1 Jun 2006 09:42:49 -0000

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