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Subject: Re: [xsl] Avoiding dummy xsl:if with apply-templates From: Frans Englich <frans.englich@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:59:44 +0000 |
On Sunday 13 February 2005 04:02, G. Ken Holman wrote: > At 2005-02-13 03:53 +0000, Frans Englich wrote: > >I find myself struggling with a construct I often need: conditionally, > >"else", > >do something radically different depending on input. > > > >For example: > > > > <xsl:variable name="el" select="elements" /> > > <xsl:if test="count($el)"> > > But you don't need a variable above, test="location-path" will return false > if the return is an empty node-set. Yes, I did it for keeping the (large) pattern in one place instead of two, and for optimization, to have it evaluated only once. But that's perhaps unnecessary? Cheers, Frans
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