RE: [xsl] Can I use a boolean variable in an xsl:if test

Subject: RE: [xsl] Can I use a boolean variable in an xsl:if test
From: "Pawson, David" <David.Pawson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:06:12 -0000
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    From: David Carlisle 


I'd appreciate some examples showing burned fingers if anyone
has time.

regards DaveP

    
    > I find that I stay out of hot water with xsl:value-of if I just 
    > remember that it returns a string.
    
    beware though that that will get you burned again when you 
    start using
    XSLT2 scented water.
    
    xsl:value-of returns a text node with string value the 
    string value of the expression. This is subtly or not so 
    subtly different from a string.
    It doesn't make so much difference in XSLT1 as the only way 
    to carry strings around is to put them in text nodes, but 
    in xpath2 you can have sequences of strings and sequences 
    of text nodes (and sequences that contain both strings and 
    text nodes) the rules for the two cases (and in particular 
    whether spaces are automatically inserted between adjacent
    items) are different on the two cases.
    
    David
    
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