Re: [xsl] Using variables to get the complement of a node set

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/02/2012 11:31, ihe onwuka wrote:
> Suppose the children of the context node are elements named A to Z.
>
> Then I declare a variable
>
> <xsl:variable name="alpha" select="A|B|C|D"/>
>
> Now i want to match on the complement of alpha.
>
> Can I say

it would have been quicker just to try, but...
> <xsl:template match="* except $alpha"/>
no that would be a legal xpath but not a pattern

> or
> <xsl:template match="*[not $alpha]"/>

no, that's a syntax error so wouldn't run at all

easiest is

<xsl:template match="*"> the complement

<xsl:template match="A|B|C|D" priority="2"> this one

David


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