How to add multiple test conditions in 'test' attribute expression of <xsl:if> tag

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User 4.5.5 picture User 4.5.5 · May 10, 2012 · Viewed 78.5k times · Source

Is there any possibility to include multiple conditions in 'test' attribute expression in <xsl:if> tag of XSLT like

<xsl:if test="$var='ab' | $var='bc' | $var='ca' ">
</xsl:if>

I am getting an error as "Expression must be evaluated to a node-set".

Is there any possibility to code such multiple conditions in <xsl:if> Tag?

Can anyone explain how can we achieve this multiple condition validation for the following tags in

<xsl:if> in test attribute expression

<xsl:for-each> in select attribute expression

<xsl:template> in match attribute expression

?

Answer

Dimitre Novatchev picture Dimitre Novatchev · May 10, 2012 
<xsl:if test="$var='ab' | $var='bc' | $var='ca' ">

This is wrong -- you are using the XPath union operator | on boolean values.

Solution: use the XPath or operator:

<xsl:if test="$var='ab' or $var='bc' or $var='ca' ">

The above XPath expression (the value of the test attribute) can be optimized, so that only one comparison is made and no or is necessary:

<xsl:if test="contains('|ab|bc|ca|', concat('|', $var, '|'))">

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