Subject: RE: [xsl] monotonous nbsp coding From: "Roger Glover" <glover_roger@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:50:37 -0600 |
Greg Faron <gfaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 04:36 PM 11/13/2002, you wrote: > >Greg Faron <gfaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > <xsl:if test="string-length() = 0"> > > ^^ Is this a typo? > > No. When called without an argument, the context node is > converted to a > string and used as the argument. There are many alternative ways to test > whether the string value of the context node is the empty string, > I simply > carried the one that the OP used so as not to confuse the > reference. Other > possibilities include > string(.) = '' > normalize-space() = '' > normalize-space(.) = '' > not(string(.)) > normalize-space(string-length(.)) = 0 > etc. Right, I realized that shortly *after* I posted, but I figured I owed you the right to answer the question I asked you. :-) > Wendell posted "not(string())", but according to topxml.com (I know, > it's not the canonical source), a call to string() with no > arguments always > returns the empty string. I haven't verified that one either way... > > >Actually, I would rather put the "td" element into the named template, > >like so: > > I left it out in case the calling template would care to modify > attributes of 'td' such as rowspan or width. Personal choice, I guess. Point well taken. I can see the advantage of doing it either way depending on context. -- Roger Glover XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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