Re: [xsl] A beef with XSLT Sometimes too complicated

[George Cristian Bina <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Karl,

Move to XSLT 2.0:

<xsl:variable name="bg_img" select="if (normalize-space($all_vars)='') 
then 'background_bright' else 'background_faded'"/>

Best Regards,
George
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George Cristian Bina
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Karl Stubsjoen wrote:
> Ok,
> So I love XSLT, 100% but I do have this beef, some syntax is too 
> complicated!
> Classic example, setting a variable:
>
> <xsl:variable name="bg_img">
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="normalize-space($all_vars)=''">
> <xsl:text>background_bright</xsl:text>
> </xsl:when>
> <xsl:otherwise>
> <xsl:text>background_faded</xsl:text>
> </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:variable>
>
> Is there a cleaner / simpler way to do this?  Any chance you can do
> this in one line?
>
> Karl..