Re: [xsl] Setting a boolean value

["Mark" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

false() ... duh! How could I have missed that?
Thanks guys!
Mark

-----Original Message----- 
From: G. Ken Holman 
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 7:19 AM 
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: Re: [xsl] Setting a boolean value 

At 2011-10-22 07:13 -0700, you wrote:
> I have a boolean parameter and wonder if there is a "preferred" 
> style for setting it to 'false':

false() and true() are the functions one typically uses to set 
boolean variables and parameters.  One can also use comparisons.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . Ken

> These two work but seem indirect and verbose:
> <xsl:with-param name="set-current">
>        <xsl:text>false</xsl:text>
> </xsl:with-param>
> or
> <xsl:with-param name="set-current" select="not('true')"/>
>
> These return the error "required type ... is boolean.
> <xsl:with-param name="set-current" select="''"/>
> <xsl:with-param name="set-current" select="'false'"/>
>
> And this returns the error: "An empty sequence is not allowed as the 
> value of...."
> <xsl:with-param name="set-current" select="false"/>
>
> Thanks,
> Mark


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