Newbie help please -- xsl:when test syntax problem

[spiel2001]

Sorry to ask such a simple question, but I've been trying to finddecent documentation on the test syntax all evening to no avail and time's wasting. What I need to do is very simple...

in 'C' syntax...

char *my_tag = "123.1";

if( atol( my_tag ) > 0.0 ) do_this();
else if ( atol( my_tag ) < 0.0 ) do_that();
else do_nothing();

Ok... That's simple enough. Now, in XSL I thought...

In the XML document...

<MyXMLBlock>
<MyTag value=&quot;123.1&quot;/>
</MyXMLBlock>

and in the XSL style sheet...

<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test=&quot;/MyXMLBlock/MyTag/@value[. > 0.0]&quot;>
<!-- do this -->
</xsl:when>
<xsltherwise>
<xsl:when test=&quot;/MyXMLBlock/Mytag/@value[. < 0.0]&quot;>
<!-- do that -->
</xsl:when>
<xsltherwise>
<!-- do nothing -->
</xsltherwise>
</xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>

Where I am getting an error is in the [. < 0.0] and [. > 0.0] -- the IE 5.5 browser is giving me a rather cryptic message stating I can not use &quot;<&quot; or &quot;>&quot; in the context.

Can someone either assist me with a solution to this very simple problem or, better still, point me to a good on-line XSL language reference where I can get useful information on the reserved words, boolean operations and such?

many thanks to any and all who can help an XSL newbie get his feet wet.

Scott.

 

[JJR]

Hi Scott,

xsl:when can't occur within xsltherwise. A typical syntax like

If
Elseif
Elseif
Else

Will be

xsl:when
xsl:when
xsl:when
xsltherwise

Second xsl(t) doesn't like it when you use the < and > signs in evaluations. Instead use their corresponsive html notations.

Online info?

http://www.xml.com

w3.org
msdn.microsoft.com

Or look at the partners section in this forum (below member-feedback).

Jordi Reineman