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RE: Child Nodes
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] Child Nodes
- From: "Ben Robb" <b dot robb at cscape dot com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:35:20 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
No, because:
test="*"
is short for
test="child::*"
(which is a test for all of the child nodes of type "element") - so it
will not test for attributes, PIs, comments etc.
Rgs,
Ben
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Mitchell [mailto:Richard.Mitchell@vbnonline.com]
> Sent: 07 September 2001 09:02
> To: 'xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com'
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Child Nodes
>
>
> David
> > > A predicate like [1<=count(*)] will do that for you.
> > or, simpler: *
> >
> >
> > <xsl:when test="*">there are children</xsl:when>
> > <xsl:otherwise>there are none</xsl:otherwise>
> >
> Hmmm won't this test for comments and processing instructions?
>
> Richard
>
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