Re: [xsl] Re: for-each not working

Subject: Re: [xsl] Re: for-each not working
From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:46:58 +0100

> 
>    How do i compare the contents of a tag to an empty string?

Be careful not to use "tag" when you mean element. The content of
a start tag just consists of the element name attribute names and values
and some ignored whitespace. The content of an end tag is just an
element name and ignored white space. XSLT does not give direct access
to the contents of the tag at all. An element node is created
which will have attributes corresponding to the attribute markup in the
start tag, but not directly to the tag contents itself (unlike some
other processing languages, which do give access to this data).

>    I thought i could
>    invoke this call and be able to process the contents of each
>    <restrictedValue> tag separately. But that is not the case. A "for-each
>    snippet" works for me but i am not able to put "Min Value Allowed: 40" like
>    this or "Max Value Allowed: None". They both have to placed before the
>    "for-each" statement. Below you will find how i want the output to be
>    displayed. This is how i was tryin to solve this problem:
> 
>    XSL (faulty):
> 
>    Once inside the template:
> 
>    Min Value Allowed: <br />
>    Max Value Allowe: <br />
>    <xsl:when test="contains(@restrictType, '2')">
> 	   <xsl:for-each select="restrictedValue">
> 		   <xsl:value-of select="text()" /><br/>
> 	   </xsl:for-each><br /><br />
>    </xsl:when>
> 
>    But this doesn't solve my problem

This forms a "template" of the result you got. (not the result you
wanted)
isn't it clear that if you do the above you will get the two lines of
text before any of the values?

I think you just want



    Min Value Allowed: <xsl:apply-templates select="restrictedValue[1]"/><br />
    Max Value Allowed: <xsl:apply-templates select="restrictedValue[2]"/><br />


together with a template
<xsl:template match="restrictedValue[.='']">None</xsl:template>

David

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