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you can check for text, without turning the expression into a string -> <xsl:variable name="isCorrectValue" select="$demoValue[@value = 'valid']/text()"/> that should work, unless some of your 'non-empty' demoValues also have whitespace. in that case, closer to your original -> normalize-space($demoValue[@value = 'valid']) = '' hth, /m On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Laura wrote: > Dear people, > I have now decided that i will change my approach to solve this. I only need > your help. > I have xml structure like .. > <demoValues> > <demoValue value = 'valid'> > valid value > </demoValue> > <demoValue value = 'invalid'> > invalid value > </demoValue> > </demoValues> > The problem is i need to set a variable to true or false based on the > following criteria. > if i find a demovalue element with value attribute = "valid" and which is > not empty, > then the variable isCorrectValue should be "yes" > > I do not want to use the approach as in .. > > >>><xsl:variable name="isCorrectValue"> > > > >>> <xsl:if test="not(string-length($demoValue[@value = > 'valid'])=0)"> > > > >>> <xsl:text>yes</xsl:text> > > > >>> </xsl:if> > > > >>> </xsl:variable> > Because this fails in UNIX. > so i thought i use something like. > <xsl:variable name="isCorrectValue" > select="normalize-space($demoValue[@value = 'valid'])"/> > which would give my "isCorrectValue" a boolean true or false. > this is not working.. > If anyone can correct the above statement to get the boolean value as i > wanted , then string($isCorrectValue) will give me literal true or false, > which i can make use later. > > Can anyone help me please. XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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