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Re: Node name?
- To: "Heiner de Wendt" <H dot dewendt at systec dot de> ((SYSTEC Elektronik und Software GmbH))
- Subject: Re: [xsl] Node name?
- From: Jeni Tennison <mail at jenitennison dot com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 15:56:23 +0000
- CC: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Organization: Jeni Tennison Consulting Ltd
- References: <200101261015.LAA08606@mail.informatik.hu-berlin.de>
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Hi Heiner,
>> I have to check the name of an element with <xsl:if> . I know how to
>> check content ( with contains().. ), but I just can't remember how to
>> get an element's name.
Oliver rightly wrote:
> name() for the qualified name
> local-name() for the local name (without prefix)
But remember that if you're doing a simple check and especially if you
are using namespaces anywhere, it's better to use the self:: axis:
self::foo
to test if an element is called 'foo'.
I hope that helps,
Jeni
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