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Re: checking if child exists
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- Subject: Re: checking if child exists
- From: Mike Brown <mike at skew dot org>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 10:17:22 -0600 (MDT)
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> I wanted to know if there's a way with xslt (i'm sure there is) to check if
> a child of a node exists.
Yes, just write an XPath expression that would identify the node-set
that would be the children you're looking for. If it's empty, it will test
false. If there are nodes in the set, it will test true.
<xsl:if test="*">
There exists an element child of current node, in the null namespace.
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="foo">
There exists a 'foo' element child of current node, in the null namespace.
</xsl:if>
- Mike
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