Re: Failing string() test fail

> Correct, one Yes.  That is what I would expect.  So wondering why I am
> having a problem with my XML source.

whatever the problem is, it is in a part of your source, or part of your
stylesheet that you haven't shown us, so it's hard to offer much help.
Perhaps a DTD is defaulting the attribute for example.


You didn't say whether you are using xslt 1 or 2.


in xslt 1 

 <xsl:if test="string(C/@test)">

is true if there is a test attribute with non empty value and false if
there is not.

in xslt 2


 <xsl:if test="string(C/@test)">

is false if there is no test attribute or if the single test attribute
has value "", it is true if theer is a single test attribute, and that
has non empty value, and it is an error if there are more than 1 test
attributes.

Unless you intent test="" to test as false, it's more common to just
have

 <xsl:if test="C/@test">


which in xslt 1 or 2 is true if there is a test attribute and false if
there is not.

David

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