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RE: test for blank

Subject: RE: test for blank
From: "Martinez, Brian" <brian.martinez@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:18:16 -0700
xsl test blank
> From: SAL ROSALES Jr. [mailto:salrosales@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 2:03 PM
> Subject:  test for blank
> 
> 
> I'm trying to test for a value of nothing for with
> XSL. I understand there are no 'else' statements
> available in xsl so I'm trying to get this to work. I
> thought using the not function would work but so far
> the only output I'm getting is from the 1st nested if
> statement
> 
> Here are my if statements:
> 
> <xsl:if test="@value">
> 						<xsl:if 
> test="@value[contains(., '')]">
> 							There 
> is nothing to see
> 							</xsl:if>
> 						<xsl:if 
> test="@value[not(contains(., ''))]">
> 							
> <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> 							
> </xsl:if>							
> 			
> 						</xsl:if>


contains(., '') will *always* return true, so this is a useless test.  Why
not just do:

<xsl:if test="@value = ''"> for the first test, and
<xsl:if test="@value != ''"> for the second?  Or use xsl:choose:

<xsl:choose>
  <xsl:when test="@value = ''"> etc.

hth,
b.

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