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Re: Capturing/testing results of a boolean expression.
- From: "Edward L. Knoll" <ed dot knoll at cosd dot fedex dot com>
- To: XSL-List at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 15:59:53 -0600
- Subject: [xsl] Re: Capturing/testing results of a boolean expression.
- Organization: WSCR
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Maybe details are called for, because as I gnaw at this problem and read
archives I realize the trick might be to establish an expression which
returns a "boolean" as opposed to an expression which returns a
"results-tree-fragment".
I have a variable which will have a string value. I wish to compare
that string value to another string value (which happens to be a literal
value). I've done this directly in a xsl:if or xsl:when before, but now
I'm trying to capture the results of the expression in a variable.
<xsl:variable name="X" ..../>
<xsl:variable name="flag" select="$X = 'literal-string-value'" />
Is there a way to do this that returns a 'boolean' and not a
'results-tree-fragment'?
Is there a way to take a 'results-tree-fragment' which has the value
"true" or "false" and turn it back into the equivalent 'boolean' value?
Thanks again,
Ed Knoll
> I have state information I need/wish to capture in a
> "boolean" variable. I need to use the result of the expression in
> multiple places; I do not wish to replicate the expression everywhere it
> is needed for maintenance reasons. The value is "static" and I can
> establish it at a global context.
>
> I have yet to figure out how to do it. No matter what I try I get a
> position evalution of the variable. I can print the variable and see
> that I am getting the correct boolean value (true or false). How do
> I capture the results of a boolean expression in a variable and how can
> I then test the value of that variable?
>
> Please don't ask for details; I don't want specific point-source
> alternatives for how to work around the issue I want to how to capture
> the results of a boolean expression and then use those results later in
> a conditional expression (e.g. xsl:if or xsl:when).
>
> Thanks,
> Ed Knoll
>
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