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Re: [xsl] Grouping conditions

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> Hello again
>
> I have some conditions where the action for a lot of them is the same.
>
> Is there any other way of grouping these than
> <xsl:choose>
>   <xsl:when test="@type='101' or @type='102' or @type='103' ...">
>     <xsl:do-something/>
>   </xsl:when>
>   <xsl:when test="@type='201' or @type='202' or @type='203' ...">
>     <xsl:do-something-else/>
>   </xsl:when>
> </xsl:choose>
>
> Is there a way doing something like:
> <xsl:choose>
>   <xsl:when test="@type='101'|'102'|'103'|'104'...">
> ..
> </xsl:choose>
>
> If this is not possible, is there another way of achieving the same
result?
> There are many values that - in this part of the stylesheet - yields the
> same function, so it is quite cumbersome writing all those "or @type=".
>
> Thanks
> Ragulf Pickaxe :)

No, it's not possible. We had it already yesterday. '|' means UNION on
nodesets, 'or' means OR. But @type='101' is no nodeset.

> (I hope that this is not a question where the answer can be read directly
> >from page xx on Michael Kays book - at least, I haven't been able to find
> it).

Not explicitely I think, but you can read about or operator (2nd edition, p.
404) and union operator (p. 424).

Regards,

Joerg


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