Re: [xsl] newbie question

[Aad Kamsteeg <a.kamsteeg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try this:

<xsl:template match="link">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="starts-with(., 'http://') or starts-with(., 'ftp://')">
<a href="{.}">text</a>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise/>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

:-) Aad

Dionylon Briones wrote:

> hello everyone,
> i'm new to XSL and need help with this problem:
>
> choose a link for the title, base on the following conditions:
>  1. if the value of the link node has 'http://' string
>  2. if there's no 'http://' string get the value of the link node that
> contains 'ftp://' string
>
> output should be: <a href="selected link">title</a>
>
> thanks
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="yes"?>
> <record>
> <data>
>  <link>http://www.link1.com</link>
>  <link>3csbv</link>
>  <link>ftp://link2.com</link>
>  <link>http://www.link3.com</link>
>  <title>title</title>
> </data>
> <data>
>  <link>45csgh</link>
>  <link>invalid link</link>
>  <link>ftp://link1.com</link>
>  <title>title</title>
> </data>
> </record>
>  

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