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September 9th, 2009, 01:08 PM

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XSL if statement...

I was wondering how I can do something like:

if child-element <root> doesn't exist then output <root sample=""/>

I've tried...

Code:

<xsl:if test="!=root">
<root sample=""/>
</xsl:if>

but clearly the above doesn't work.

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September 9th, 2009, 01:12 PM

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nm...found my own answer...

Code:

<xsl:if test="not(root)">
<root sample=""/>
</xsl:if>

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