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Re: Test for presence of attribute
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] Test for presence of attribute
- From: David Carlisle <davidc at nag dot co dot uk>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 17:53:47 +0100
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> (I am a digester, so please reply off-list to
> n8_shaw@yahoo.com and cc the list if you feel others
> may learn too =:>)
That is contrary to the list guidelines.
> Is there anyway in XSL to check for the existance of
> an attribute? I am currently using:
er yes the XPath @foo will test if the attribute foo exists.
> BUT, URL is not required and if it is not present,
> then the IF statement fails.
what do you mean by fail? It should work, but could be more simply
written
<xsl:if test="@URL">
<a href="{@URL}">
...
> Also, is there a len() function?
see the XPath spec
string-length()
David
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