RE: [xsl] Removing tags automatically efter xsl transformation!

[Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>]

At 11:34 AM 8/7/01, Mike wrote:
> >   <xsl:template match="/">
> >       <tag><xsl:value-of select="othertag"/></tag>
> >   </xsl:template>
> >
> > Sometimes isn't there a <othertag> in the input-xml-file. So
> > I get <tag/> in
> > the output. But this is that I don't want to have.
> >
>Then you have to avoid generating it.
>
><xsl:if test="othertag">
>  <tag><xsl:value-of select="othertag"/></tag>
></xsl:if>

Or (a bit more neatly, but using the oft-abused xsl:for-each):

<xsl:for-each select="othertag">
  <tag><xsl:value-of select="."/></tag>
</xsl:if>

Or even the "proper" way to do it:

<xsl:template match="/">
   <xsl:apply-templates select="othertag"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="othertag">
   <tag><xsl:apply-templates/></tag>
</xsl:template>

It's really very logical :->

--Wendell

>Mike Kay
>Software AG
>
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