Re: xsl:if with "and' in test expression triggers erro

> >   count($rows) = 3 and $rows[normalize-space(.)]
>                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Curious about that last one Jeni.
> Implies that the formatter iterate over the $rows sequence normalising
> content
> as if there had been a for .... statement, then apply 'or' function to the
> result.
> 
> Is that right please?
> 

Not really. This is the same as it is in Xpath 1, not related to the
xpath 2 for construct.

$rows[normalize-space(.)]

is the node set of all the nodes in $rows for which the predicate
[normalize-space(.)] is true, which are all the ones which have
a non empty value for normalize-space(.) as a string used in a boolean
context is true just if it is non empty.

the node set $rows[normalize-space(.) is being used in a boolean context
so is true if it is non empty, ie if there is any row for which the
predicate is true.

David

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