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xsl if statment

hi...
i want to make if statment in my xsl style-sheet which
will act upon the answer from the xsl method childNumber.
i need to do something like that (this is wrong syntax, of course)
<xsl:template match="application">
<xsl:if <xsl:eval>childNumber(this)</xsl:eval> >1
do something
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

psilli1

<xsl:template match="application">
<xsl:if <xsl:eval>childNumber(this)</xsl:eval> >1 >
do something
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

eladr

ASKER

thanks.
it's very similar to what i wrote.
in now raising points (another 5 )
for simple next que.:
i want to make if statment on some node and to see what is
parent node and to act upon.
like this

<xsl:if my currentNode parent<>"theParentTag">
'do something
</xsl:if>

p.s. : theParentTag is the xml tag : <theParentTag>
and not the value inside it.
<theParentTag>value</theParentTag>

what is the correct syntax?

Dave_Greene

I would try something like this

<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="childNumber(this)[. $gt$ 1]">
'do something here
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
'default to some other action
</xsl:otherwise>

</xsl:choose>

eladr

ASKER

please explain this strange :
<xsl:when test="childNumber(this)[. $gt$ 1]">
whats $gt$ mean?

psilli1

Greater than

eladr

ASKER

hi...
thanks Dave_Greene and psilli1 .
Dave_Greene will get the points and
psilli1 will get 10 points.
psilli1 ,watch for "for psilli1 " in the XML topic

eladr

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