[thelist] [xsl] Testing for presence of node

Howard Cheng howcheng at ix.netcom.com
Fri Jun 21 11:49:01 CDT 2002


<xsl:if test="count(subcategory) &gt; 0"> </xsl:if>


> > I have an XML file that contains the following structure:
> >
> > <category>
> >   <subcategory>
> >     <article>
> >     </article>
> >   </subcategory>
> > </category>
> >
> > In my XSLT stylesheet, I need to be able to test if the <category>
> > node I'm working with contains a <subcategory> node. What's the best
> > way to test for the presence of this node without actually doing
> > anything with it? I was thinking <xsl:if test="something">.
> >
> > - -joeljkp

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