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Re: Testing if an element has an attribute
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] Testing if an element has an attribute
- From: Jörg Heinicke <joerg dot heinicke at gmx dot de>
- Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 21:09:37 +0200
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marc.harrington@nebula.ie wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know how to test if an element has an attribute?
>
> I have an element person which may or may not contain an attribute name.
>
> <person name="John">
> <person >
>
> I want to create a new element for each <person> , that has the name
> attribute.
>
> I'm currently trying the following
>
> <xsl:template match="person">
> <xsl:if @name != ""> // this
> line is causing the problem
XML and so XSLT too need always attributes. You can not write <anyelement
anytext/>. You have to write <anyelement anyattribute="anytext"/>. In your
case (xsl:if) the attribute is 'test'.
<xsl:if test="@name != ''">
Joerg
> <xsl:element name="{@name}">
> <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:if>
> </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template >
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cheers,
> Marc
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