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Re: [xsl] Testing if an element has an attribute

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marc.harrington@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi all,

Does anyone know how to test if an element has an attribute?

I have an element person which may or may not contain an attribute name.

<person name="John">
<person >

I want to create a new element for each <person> , that has the name
attribute.

I'm currently trying the following

<xsl:template match="person">
 <xsl:if @name != "">                                            // this
line is causing the problem

XML and so XSLT too need always attributes. You can not write <anyelement anytext/>. You have to write <anyelement anyattribute="anytext"/>. In your case (xsl:if) the attribute is 'test'.

<xsl:if test="@name != ''">

Joerg

  <xsl:element name="{@name}">
     <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:if>
 </xsl:element>
</xsl:template >

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Marc

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