Re: Testing the number of child elements

Subject: Re: Testing the number of child elements
From: "Cees Dekker" <cees.dekker@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 17:03:26 +0100
Charles,

Wil je de agenda voor vanavond nog een keer naar me sturen.

Merci,
Cees

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: Emmanuel Pietriga <emmanuel.pietriga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Aan: <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Verzonden: Thursday, February 10, 2000 2:51 PM
Onderwerp: Testing the number of child elements


> Hi.
>
> Here's my problem: I want to test if the current node (plus) has one
> child or more   (I don't output the same thing if it has one child
> element or more than one). And I want to do this for all elements "plus"
> of "apply" using a for-each.
> I am saying that current node is (plus) because I think it is true when
> we are in the for-each loop. Am I right? That is, does current()
> actually returns the "plus" element?
>
> Here is what I do, but it doesn't work  (XT always chooses the
> "otherwise" solution)
>
> <xsl:template match="apply[plus]">
>   <xsl:for-each select="child::*[position()!=last() and
> position()!=1]">
>     <xsl:choose>
>     <xsl:when test="count(current()/child::*)=1">
>       <xsl:apply-templates select="."/><mo>+</mo>
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:otherwise>
>       <mrow><xsl:apply-templates select="."/></mrow><mo>A</mo>
>     </xsl:otherwise>
>     </xsl:choose>
>   </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
>
>
>
> The XML source is:
> <apply>
>   <eq/>
>   <apply>
>     <plus/>
>     <apply>
>       <power/>
>       <ci>x</ci>
>       <cn>2</cn>
>     </apply>
>     <apply>
>       <times/>
>       <cn>4</cn>
>       <ci>x</ci>
>     </apply>
>     <cn>4</cn>
>   </apply>
>   <cn>0</cn>
> </apply>
>
>
> Emmanuel.
>
> By the way, I have another little question: I've included a DOCTYPE in
> my stylesheet because I define entity references in it.
> One of these entities is InvisibleTimes.  I know its unicode is E89E
> So I've written <ENTITY InvisibleTimes "&#E89E;">, but XT tells me
> "character not allowed"
> What can I Do?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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