RE: [xsl] Removing tags automatically efter xsl transformation!

Subject: RE: [xsl] Removing tags automatically efter xsl transformation!
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 18:46:44 -0400
At 11:34 AM 8/7/01, Mike wrote:
>   <xsl:template match="/">
>       <tag><xsl:value-of select="othertag"/></tag>
>   </xsl:template>
>
> Sometimes isn't there a <othertag> in the input-xml-file. So
> I get <tag/> in
> the output. But this is that I don't want to have.
>
Then you have to avoid generating it.

<xsl:if test="othertag">
 <tag><xsl:value-of select="othertag"/></tag>
</xsl:if>

Or (a bit more neatly, but using the oft-abused xsl:for-each):


<xsl:for-each select="othertag">
 <tag><xsl:value-of select="."/></tag>
</xsl:if>

Or even the "proper" way to do it:

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="othertag"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="othertag">
  <tag><xsl:apply-templates/></tag>
</xsl:template>

It's really very logical :->

--Wendell

Mike Kay
Software AG

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