Re: [xsl] Extract string from CDATA value

Subject: Re: [xsl] Extract string from CDATA value
From: Sven Waibel <sven.waibel@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:50:50 +0100
I understand, but when i compare it  this way:<xsl:if test="@id = value"> then it don't work, just you explained. My
attribute has not both.

But how can i compare these two value?

Sven

David Carlisle wrote:

>>attribute and you can't say: <xsl:if test="@id = <xsl:value-of select="value" />">.
> 
> 
> @id and value are both the same kind of Xpath expression, they each
> select a node set from the source.
> 
> You didn't try to go
> 
> <xsl:if test="<xsl:value-of select="@id"/>= <xsl:value-of select="value" />">.
> 
> which would have been the consistent (but wrong) thing to try.
> 
> You just need
> 
> <xsl:if test="@id = value">
> 
> except, as explained last time this came up,"@id = value" would only
> work if the same attribute had both an id attribute and a value child,
> something like
> <foo id="a">
>  <value>data</value>
> </foo>
> 
> the CDATA in the subject line  is a red herring, XSLT can not see the
> CDATA section, 
> 
>  <value><![CDATA[test]]></value>
> 
> is the same as
> 
>  <value>test</value>
> 
> David
> 
> 
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