Re: <xsl:choose>

[David Carlisle <davidc at nag dot co dot uk>]

My code, so far, is as follows:
========================================================
<ATTRIBUTE>
	<NAME>Default</NAME>
	<VALUE>
	<xsl:value-of select="@default"/>
		<xsl:variable name="default">
		<xsl:choose>
			<xsl:when test="@default">
				<xsl:value-of select="@default"/>
			</xsl:when>
			<xsl:otherwise>false</xsl:otherwise>
		</xsl:choose>
	</xsl:variable>
	</VALUE>
</ATTRIBUTE>


That puts whatyou want into a variable that you then don't use, and
after the </VALUE> it goes out of scope so it is lost.
You could add a <xsl:value-of select="@default"/> but why define a
variable if you only use it once, you can use the result directly.


<ATTRIBUTE>
	<NAME>Default</NAME>
	<VALUE>
		<xsl:choose>
			<xsl:when test="@default">
				<xsl:value-of select="@default"/>
			</xsl:when>
			<xsl:otherwise>false</xsl:otherwise>
		</xsl:choose>
	</VALUE>
</ATTRIBUTE>


(I note that you are documenting the attribute name as Default
but using it as default which is dangerous as xml is case sensitive)

Of course, if you had a DTD you could declare the attribute default
there, then this would be



<ATTRIBUTE>
	<NAME>Default</NAME>
	<VALUE>
           <xsl:value-of select="@default"/>
	</VALUE>
</ATTRIBUTE>

David

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