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RE: Checking for empty values
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: Checking for empty values
- From: Kay Michael <Michael dot Kay at icl dot com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:04:53 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
> >To test if the element exists and is non-empty:
> >
> ><xsl:template match="book">
> ><xsl:if test="string(author)">
>
> Does this form of the test work for elements that only contain other
> elements (i.e. no text nodes)?
No. To test that the element exists and has text and/or element content:
<xsl:if test="author/* or author/text()">
Mike
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