[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Printing a value if an attribute does not exist
In 2.0 you simply do: <xsl:value-of select="(region[@name='VA'], '0.0')[1]"/> In 1.0 it's a bit more long-winded: <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="region[@name='VA']"> <xsl:value-of select="region[@name='VA']"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise>0.0</xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> Michael Kay > -----Original Message----- > From: michael.s.eberhart@xxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:michael.s.eberhart@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 24 August 2004 04:04 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Printing a value if an attribute does not exist > > > > > > How do you check for the existence of an attribute? > > <TIER> > <REGION NAME="CT">89</REGION> > <REGION NAME="MD">135</REGION> > </TIER> > > What I want to say is: > > If region[@name="VA"] exists > print value of region[@name="VA"] > else > print "0.0" > > It is also possible that there will be no REGION elements > > <TIER> > </TIER> > > I would still want to say: > > If region[@name="VA"] exists > print value of region[@name="VA"] > else > print "0.0" > > Thanks > > Mike
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