Re: [xsl] Testing if an element has an attribute

[Manu KY <manu_kry at yahoo dot com>]

Hi ,
try this:

<xsl:template match="person">
         <xsl:if test="@name">      <!-- will match even if the name has an 
empty string -->
                 <xsl:element name="{name(.)}"/>
         </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

Manu
>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
>   <xsl:element name="{@name}">
>      <xsl:apply-templates/>
>   </xsl:if>
>  </xsl:element>
></xsl:template >
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Cheers,
>Marc
>
>
>  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list


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