Subject: RE: [xsl] Testing if a nodeset is empty From: Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 11:20:03 +0300 |
> Hello All, > I am trying to avoid certain kinds of empty tags in my xml > output. Looking > at the following template, I would like to avoid an empty > <chapter> tag. > Unfortunately this template does not work, it always shows > the chapter tags > even if they are emtpy, what am I am doing wrong? > > Thanks in advance, > Nicholas Waltham > > > <xsl:template match="transcal/file/section"> > <xsl:variable name="a"><xsl:apply-templates > select="p[@stylename='heading > 1,Part']" /></xsl:variable> > <xsl:if test="$a"> > <chapter> > <xsl:value-of select="$a"/> > </chapter> > </xsl:if> > </xsl:template> RTF always has a root, so the test will always return true. test="string($a) = ''" should do the trick, as you can't check if $a is empty like a node-set. Jarno XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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