Re: [xsl] XPath syntax error problem

["Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Kenneth Stephen" <marvin.the.cynical.robot@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 1:32 AM
Subject: [xsl] XPath syntax error problem


> Hi,
>
>    I have the following template in my XSL :
>
> <xsl:template match="xsd:element">
> <xsl:variable name="elementName" select="@name" />
> <xsl:if test="count(//*[substring-after(@ref,':') = $elementName] = 0">
> <xsl:if test="count(@name) = 1">
> <xsl:if test="/xsd:schema/@elementFormDefault = 'qualified'">
> <xsl:value-of select="concat($prefix,':')" />
> </xsl:if>
> <xsl:value-of select="@name" />
> </xsl:if>
> </xsl:if>
> <xsl:text>&eol;</xsl:text>
> </xsl:template>
>
>    On execution, Saxon (and Xalan too) complain about a syntax error
> on the outermost "xsl:if" . The Saxon error is shown below :
>
> bash-2.05b$ java net.sf.saxon.Transform ../data/Metadata_0101.xsd
> analyze-schema.xsl
> Error at xsl:if on line 24 of
> file:/C:/cygwin/home/zaphod/code/analyze-schema.xsl:
>  XPath syntax error in {...(@ref,':') = $elementName] ...}:
>    expected ")", found "<eof>"
> Transformation failed: Failed to compile stylesheet. 1 error detected.
>
>
>    What am I doing wrong? What I want to do is find out if the value
> of the "name" attribute on an xsd:element in the input occurs within a
> "ref" attribute elsewhere in my XML Schema file.
>
> Thanks,
> Kenneth

You are missing a closing parenthesis:
test="count(//*[substring-after(@ref,':') = $elementName] = 0"
=>
test="count(//*[substring-after(@ref,':') = $elementName]) = 0"

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Joe