Re: [xsl] Problem with xsl:choose

[Goetz Bock <bock at blacknet dot de>]

On Wed, Aug 08 '01 at 13:24, Lakshmi Narayanan K wrote:
> I have an xml file in the following format
> 
> <main>
>     <timer> On </timer>
> </main>
> 
> My xsl file was
> <!-- main/timer -->
>     <xsl:template match = "main/timer">
>         <xsl:choose>
>             <xsl:when test=" main/timer = 'On'">
>                 <xsl:text>Timer is On</xsl:text>
>             </xsl:when>
>             <xsl:when test="main/timer = 'Off'">
>                 <xsl:text>Timer is Off</xsl:text>
>             </xsl:when>
>             <xsl:otherwise>
>                 <xsl:text>Timer is Manual</xsl:text>
>             </xsl:otherwise>
>        </xsl:choose>
>     </xsl:template>
Your match changes the context to main/timer. In the when, you ask for a
main/timer there. For your xsl-t to work your xml must look like:
<main>
  <timer>
    <main>
      <timer> On </timer>
    </main>
  </timer>
</main>

what you want is either:

<xsl:template match="/">
...
</xsl:template>

or

<xsl:when test=".='On'">

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Goetz Bock                                              IT Consultant
Dipl.-Inf. Univ.

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