RE: how to test if attribute=''

It depends upon what you want to do really..
string function returns the string value of its arguments
vasu

From: "Aniceto" <aniceto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: RE:  how to test if attribute=''
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:58:35 +0200

Vasu: I tried test="not(@whatever ='')" but not working (maybe it works for you).
finaly I've found that test="string(@whatever)" is working prity nice

thanks anyway

Ani Lopez

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De: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]En nombre de Vasu Chakkera
Enviado el: miércoles, 03 de julio de 2002 11:36
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Asunto: Re:  how to test if attribute=''

>your test
><xsl:if test="@whatever !=''"> need not mean what it is intended to mean.
>you may try <xsl:if test="not(@whatever ='')">
>The above two expressions are not the *same* though it looks logical to
>assume so.If there is no *whatever* attribute , the first test is false
>while the second is true.
>vasu

>From: "Aniceto" <aniceto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>To: "xsl-list" <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject:  how to test if attribute=''
>Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 10:50:32 +0200
>
>Hi:
>I need to test if an attribute has some text or not
>   whatever=''
>   whatever='sdfbzf'
><xsl:if test="@whatever !=''"> is not working
>whis is the simplest way to test it?
>thanks in advance
>
>ani lopez
>
>
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