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Re: Testing if an element has an attribute


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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