Subject: Re: [xsl] Is a variable referencing a node From: "Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:48:38 +0100 |
2008/9/29 David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Basically, I want a template that will output the text of a node for an > arbitrary XPath if that node exists. If the node doesn't exist, I want > it to produce "--". > > > in xslt 2 > > <xsl:value-of select="(/path/to/single/node,'--')[1]"/> > > in xslt 1 > > <xsl:variable name="n" select="/path/to/single/node"/> > <xsl:value-of select="$n"/> > <xsl:if test="not($n)">--</xsl:if> you could do: <xsl:variable name="dash">--</xsl:variable> <xsl:value-of select="(/path/to/single/node|$dashes)[1]"/> ...as long as RTFs come after input nodes document order? (I think they do...) -- Andrew Welch http://andrewjwelch.com Kernow: http://kernowforsaxon.sf.net/
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