RE: [xsl] Comparing One element's text to multiple elements' text

["Daniel Joshua" <daniel.joshua@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yup... I solved it by using...

      <xsl:if test="value2[option=../value1]">

Thanks for your help Kenny... just needed something to kickstart my brain.


Regards,
Daniel


-----Original Message-----
From: Kenny Akridge [mailto:kenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, 07 May, 2004 12:40 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [xsl] Comparing One element's text to multiple elements'
text


I see.  Yes, if you also have other elements, then you would need to use
value2/option instead of value2/*.  It seems like you have a handle on the
problem though.

Take care,
Kenny Akridge

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Joshua [mailto:daniel.joshua@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 12:28 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [xsl] Comparing One element's text to multiple elements' text

Thanks Kenny... that worked. But your solution will also select other
elements besides 'option'.

I forgot [ ] is only for attributes. Ooops!

Btw, the match="root" problem was added when I simplified everything for
this mail. :p


Regards,
Daniel



-----Original Message-----
From: Kenny Akridge [mailto:kenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, 07 May, 2004 12:09 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [xsl] Comparing One element's text to multiple elements'
text


The first problem you have is [*].  You should change this to value2/*. This
means it will check all children of value2.

The next problem is the context of your template.  You are looking at "/".
In this case, you are testing value1 = value2/*.  The problem is that "/" is
not the same as <root>.  So you can do one of two things:

  <xsl:template match="root">
    <xsl:if test="value1 = value2/*">
      <xsl:text>true</xsl:text>
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:template>

or

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:if test="//value1 = //value2/*">
      <xsl:text>true</xsl:text>
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:template>


Good luck to you.

-Kenny Akridge
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Joshua [mailto:daniel.joshua@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 11:49 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [xsl] Comparing One element's text to multiple elements' text

Hi,

I would like to compare one element's text value to a group of multiple
elements' text values. I tried, but I think I am not comparing the text
portion correctly.

Simplified XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="test.xsl"?>
<root>
  <value1>ABC</value1>
  <value2>
    <option>ABC</option>
    <option>DEF</option>
    <option>HIJ</option>
  </value2>
</root>

Simplified XSL:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:if test="value1 = value2/option[*]">
      <xsl:text>true</xsl:text>
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>


Regards,
Daniel