Re: [xsl] xsl:choose and xsl:when

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Hi Oryan,

see my comments,

Cheers,
Abel

oryann9 wrote:

<?xml version="1.0" ?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";> <xsl:output method="html"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>My Phone Book</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="BLACK"> <xsl:apply-templates select="//LISTING" />


You probably want just LISTING here. You are selecting every possible
LISTING from the root through all the document when you use //LISTING.

</BODY> </HTML> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="LISTING"> <FONT COLOR="WHITE"><xsl:value-of select="LAST"/>, <xsl:value-of select="FIRST"/></FONT> <FONT COLOR="orange" SIZE="+2"><xsl:value-of select="PHONE"/> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="boolean(PHONE/@TYPE)"> (<xsl:value-of select="PHONE/@TYPE" />)


No need for an xsl:choose. In almost all cases that I've seen on this
list, xsl:choose is over-used, because it feels so easy (or looks so
much like in the other programming languages). Instead, use:

<FONT COLOR="orange" SIZE="+2">
   <xsl:apply-templates select="PHONE" />

then, have twotemplate matches (one for empty or non-existing @TYPE, the
other for all other @TYPE):

<xsl:template match="PHONE[@TYPE='' | not(@TYPE)]" >
   <xsl:value-of select="."/> (HOME)
</

<xsl:template match="PHONE[@TYPE != '']">
   <xsl:value-of select="."/> (<xsl:value-of select="PHONE/@TYPE" />)
</

      </xsl:when>
       <xsl:when test="(PHONE/@TYPE='')">
            (HOME)
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
           (HOME)
      </xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
     </FONT>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

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