[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Using xsl:if to determine if a node is empty.
This is what I usually use to determine if an element is "empty" or not: <xsl:if test="string-length(normalize-space(.)) > 0"> ... </xsl:if> It works but I'd like a more "elegant" solution if someone else has one. Jason Diamond. -----Original Message----- From: Roger Flory [mailto:rflory@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 07:44 To: 'XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: Using xsl:if to determine if a node is empty. I am fairly new to XML/XSL. In fact I am writing my first XSL for a production environment. I am trying to determine if a node is empty so that I can print a line or not. I have tried several different variations of template matching and xsl:if statements and have not been able to get anywhere. Here is the latest thing that I have tried which seems to match evertime through so the text is coming out even on empty tags. <xsl:template match="VENDOR_ITEM_NUM"> <xsl:variable name="empty_tag"></xsl:variable> <tr> <td></td> <td> <font size="2"> <xsl:if test="$empty_tag != ."> <xsl:value-of select="concat('Vendor Item number: ',.)"/> </xsl:if> </font> </td> </tr> </xsl:template> Any help would be greatly appreciated. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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