RE: "<xsl:if expr" doesnot work..Help!!

It looks to me as if you cannot assign to function result ;-)
Anyway you don't need script to do that. Why not just do <xsl:if
test="@someatt = 'aa'>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Gurnandan Kaur
> Sent: 20 September 2001 08:16
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  "<xsl:if expr" doesnot work..Help!!
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have a problem...I am creating a xsl file, in which
> I am using xsl:script to get back a value depending on
> the node matching. The xsl:eval function gets me the
> right result, but when I use it in xsl:if expr, it
> says, "cannot assign to function result"..Here is the
> xml and xsl please help..
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> 
> XML:
> <!-- edited with XML Spy v3.5 NT
> (http://www.xmlspy.com) by  () -->
> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" 
> href="D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\AHWRework\Ethnic\new.xsl"?>
> <ScreenPopulate>
> 	<Nationalitys>
> 		<Nationality alpha="(A)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AE8-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>British or Mixed British</Item>
> 		</Nationality>
> 		<Nationality alpha="(B)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AEA-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>English</Item>
> 		</Nationality>
> 		<Nationality alpha="(C)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AEB-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Irish</Item>
> 		</Nationality>
> 		<Nationality alpha="(D)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AEC-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Scottish</Item>
> 		</Nationality>
> 		<Nationality alpha="(E)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AED-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Welsh</Item>
> 		</Nationality>
> 		<Nationality alpha="(F)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AEE-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Other (specify if you wish)</Item>
> 		</Nationality>
> 		<Nationality>
> 			
> <Key>{7FB1E1A2-A856-11D5-A1A9-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>No Reply</Item>
> 		</Nationality>
> 	</Nationalitys>
> 	<Backgrounds>
> 		<Background Group="Asian" alpha="(A)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AEF-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Bangladeshi</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="Asian" alpha="(B)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AF0-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Indian</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="Asian" alpha="(C)">
> 			<Key>{11277AF
> 1-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Pakistani</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="Asian" alpha="(D)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AF2-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Other (specify if you wish)</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="Black" alpha="(E)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AF3-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>African</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="Black" alpha="(F)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AF4-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Caribbean</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="Black" alpha="(G)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AF5-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Other (specify if you wish)</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="Chinese" alpha="(H)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AF6-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Chinese (specify if you wish</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="Mixed Ethnic Background"
> alpha="(I)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AF7-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Asian and White</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="Mixed Ethnic Background"
> alpha="(J)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AF8-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Black African and White</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="Mixed Ethnic Background"
> alpha="(K)">
> 			<Key>{11277AF9-6967-11D5-A1
> 90-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Black Caribbean and White</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="Mixed Ethnic Background"
> alpha="(L)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AFA-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Other (specify if you wish)</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="White" alpha="(M)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AFB-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>White (specify if you wish)</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="Other Ethnic Background"
> alpha="(N)">
> 			
> <Key>{11277AFC-6967-11D5-A190-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>Other (specify if you wish)</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 		<Background Group="">
> 			
> <Key>{7FB1E1A1-A856-11D5-A1A9-000347240DC9}</Key>
> 			<Item>No Reply</Item>
> 		</Background>
> 	</Backgrounds>
> </ScreenPopulate>
> 
> XSL:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">
> <xsl:template match ="/">
> <html>
> <head>
> 
> <title>Ethnic Origin</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <table class="TableFullWidth" width="100%">
> 	<tr class="HeadRow" bgcolor="silver">
> 		<td align="center" colspan="2"><b>Ethnic 
> Monitoring Questionnaire</b></td>
> 	</tr>
> 	<tr height="60">
> 		<td colspan="2">Which groups do you most identify
> with? Please tick only <b><u>ONE</u></b> box in
> <b>column A <u>and ONE</u></b> box in <b>column B</b>
> (The options are listed alphabetically). If you work
> in Northern Ireland, please answer the additional
> question in column A.</td>
> 	</tr>
> 	<tr>
> 		<td width="40%"  valign="top">
> 			<table width="100%" cellpading="0" 
> cellspacing="0">
> 				<tr>
> 					<td>
> 						<b>Column A</b>
> 					</td>
> 				</tr>
> 				<tr>
> 					<td>
> 						<xsl:for-each 
> select="/ScreenPopulate/Nationalitys/Nationality">
> 							
> <xsl:value-of select="@alpha"/><input
> type="radio" name="RadioNation" value="{./Key}"></input><xsl:value-of
> select="./Item"/> <br/>
> 						</xsl:for-each>
> 						<br/>
> 						
> &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<input
> type="text" name="txtNation"/>
> 					</td>
> 				</tr>
> 				<tr height="60" valign="bottom" >
> 					<td>
> 						PLEASE ALSO 
> ANSWER THE QUESTION BELOW <b>ONLY IF
> YOU WORK IN NORTHERN IRELAND:</b>
> 					</td>
> 				</tr>
> 				<tr>
> 					<td>
> 						Are you a 
> member of the Irish Traveller
> Community?
> 					</td>
> 				</tr>
> 				<tr>
> 					<td>
> 						(T) <input 
> type="radio" name="radioNorthern" value="Y">Yes</input>
> 						<br/>
> 						( )  <input 
> type="radio" name="radioNorthern" value="N">No</input>
> 					</td>
> 				</tr>
> 			</table>
> 		</td>
> 		<td width="60%"  valign="top">
> 			<table width="100%" cellpading="0" 
> cellspacing="0">
> 				<tr>
> 					<td>
> 						<b>Column B</b>
> 					</td>
> 				</tr>
> 				<xsl:for-each 
> select="/ScreenPopulate/Backgrounds/Background">
> 					<xsl:if expr="testVal() = 'no'">
> 						<tr height="50">
> 							<td>
> 								
> <b><xsl:value-of 
> select="@Group"/></b><!--<xsl:eval>testVal()</xsl:eval>-->
> 
> 							</td>
> 						
> 						</tr>
> 					</xsl:if>
> 					<tr>
> 						<td>
> 							
> <xsl:value-of select="@alpha"/><input type
> ="radio" name="radioBackground"><xsl:attribute
> name="value"><xsl:value-of 
> select="./Key"/></xsl:attribute></input><xsl:value-of
> select="./Item"/><br/>
> 						</td>
> 					</tr>
> 
> 				</xsl:for-each>
> 				
> 			</table>
> 		</td>
> 	</tr>
> </table>
> </body>
> </html>
> </xsl:template>
> <xsl:script><![CDATA[
> strVal="aa"
> function testVal(attVal){
> 	attVal = this.attributes.item(0).text
> 	if (strVal == attVal ){
> 		return "yes";
> 	}
> 	else{
> 		strVal= attVal ;
> 		return  "no";
> 	}
> 	//return attVal ;
> }
> //]]></xsl:script>
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> 
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