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RE: insert default node if it doesn't exist
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 08:47:31 +0100
- Subject: RE: [xsl] insert default node if it doesn't exist
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
You need to handle this when processing the <a> element, not when
processing its children, otherwise, as you point out, you will insert
the default <c> element once for each child.
<xsl:template match="a">
<xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
<xsl:if test="not(c)"><c>0</c></xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
Michael Kay
Software AG
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work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com] On Behalf Of
> Thomas Olausson
> Sent: 10 September 2002 01:04
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: [xsl] insert default node if it doesn't exist
>
>
> I always have trouble with xslt when processing something once:
>
> Ia certain child doesn't exists, I'd like to insert a default value:
>
> Like the one below. The 2nd 'a' should after processing
> include a <c>0</c> (since it doesn't have it).
>
> before:
> <data>
> <a>
> <b>100</b>
> <c>120</c>
> </a>
> <a>
> <b>100</b>
> <g>300</g>
> </a>
> </data>
> after:
> <data>
> <a>
> <b>100</b>
> <c>120</c>
> </a>
> <a>
> <b>100</b>
> <g>300</g>
> <c>0</c>
> </a>
> </data>
>
>
> I've tried with this XSLT. Problem is that since the match
> doesn't find <c> for the 2nd both for b and g, I'll get a <c>
> for everyone of them. How can this be solved?
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"
> indent="yes"/>
>
> <xsl:template match="a/*">
> <xsl:copy>
> <xsl:apply-templates
> select="@*|node()"/>
> </xsl:copy>
> <xsl:if test="not(../c)">
> <c>0</c>
> </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
> <xsl:copy>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> /Thomas
>
>
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