Subject: RE: [xsl] Newbie: See if a node exists! From: Anand Kuppa <AnandK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 14:24:18 +0100 |
thanks for all the info, guys... i am just starting out in XSL and these were real good tips.... -----Original Message----- From: Joerg Heinicke [mailto:joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 2:36 PM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [xsl] Newbie: See if a node exists! Anand Kuppa wrote: > Try using COUNT > you could do something like > > <xsl:when test = "if COUNT(BLOCK) > 0> > ........what u want to do > </xsl:when> > > lemme know if it worked... > cheers Hello Anand, you never need to count elements, if you only want to know, whether an element exists or not. <xsl:if test="BLOCK"> </xsl:if> is enough. Even if you want to know whether there are 4 elements or not, you don't need to count them: <xsl:if test="BLOCK[4]"> </xsl:if> tests whether a 4th BLOCK-element does exist. Your test as above has two little errors: <xsl:when test="count(BLOCK) > 0"> </xsl:when> There must not be an 'if' in the test. The element already has the name <xsl:if/> or <xsl:when/>. And - as David wrote - XML is case sensitive, so their is no XPATH function COUNT(), but count(). Regards, Joerg -- System Development VIRBUS AG Fon +49(0)341-979-7419 Fax +49(0)341-979-7409 joerg.heinicke@xxxxxxxxx www.virbus.de XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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