Re: [xsl] Patterns in lieu of mutable variables or string translation

[Hank Ratzesberger <hankr@xxxxxxxx>]

On 9/2/11 12:41 AM, Michael Kay wrote:
> On 01/09/2011 19:39, Hank Ratzesberger wrote:
>
> What's wrong with using template rules?
>
> <xsl:template match="/some/xpath/text()[. eq 'foo'">bar</xsl:template>
> <xsl:template 
> match="/some/xpath/text()[matches(.,'^FO.*')">BAR</xsl:template>
>
> You can use the priority attribute to control which takes precedence.
Nothing at all!  Only I had never matched on the text content previously,
so it had not occurred to me.

An aside, it's interesting that a procedural programmer may likely feel
"in complete control" with a page of if/then/else or other constructs,
whereas these templates feel a bit rogue, but the former tend to
create a train wreck.

Thanks,
Hank

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