Re: [xsl] Logic OR in the XPath

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dongling,

At 04:19 PM 10/23/2003, you wrote:
> I need to check if a meember doesn't exist or its
> value equals "N" then do something. How can I do that?
>
> I have something here but didn't work. Please advise
>
> <xsl:when test="not(./*[name(.) = 'Shared']) |
> (./Shared/text() ='N')">

This doesn't work because the union operator "|" works only on node sets, 
whereas the two expressions on either side of it here both return Booleans. 
You can't unify two Booleans.

I think you want

test="not(Shared) or Shared='N'"

...or (unabbreviated form of the same)...

test="not(child::Shared) or child::Shared='N'"

Translated into English, this reads "when there is no "Shared" element 
child or when a "Shared" element child has (string) value = 'N'.

Cheers,
Wendell


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