Re: <xsl:variable> behavior

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 99/11/10 20:34 -0500, Clark C. Evans wrote:

> <xsl:template match="/">
>   <xsl:variable name="x">
>     <xsl:choose>
>       <xsl:when test="false()">X</xsl:when>
>     </xsl:choose>
>   </xsl:variable>
>   <xsl:if test="$x">x</xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
>
> This (unexpectedly) prints "x"

Perhaps because you were thinking of testing on the string value of the end 
result of interpreting the result tree template, not the result tree 
template itself which is what you are asking above.

The following seems to work just fine:

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:variable name="x">
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="false()">X</xsl:when>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:variable>
  <xsl:if test="string($x)">x</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

I hope this helps.

.................. Ken

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