XSL replace value with string

Question posted by: go4gator (Newbie) on July 14th, 2008 02:12 PM

I'm a newbie, and I have an XML data file with Book data. I'm trying to replace a value with a string. Specifically trying to test for "if value is less than 5.00 than replace value with the string "Free". Here is what is not working but I receive no errors.

Code: ( text )

<xsl:for-each select="value">
<xsl:if test="value <= 5.00">
<xsl:value-of select="Free" />"
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>

Last edited by jkmyoung : July 14th, 2008 at 10:02 PM. Reason: code tags

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jkmyoung

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765 Posts

July 14th, 2008
10:01 PM
#2

Re: XSL replace value with string

Code: ( text )

<xsl:if test=". <= 5.00">

Once you do the for-each, you're already in the value node. Your current code looks for a value node inside the value node! eg like:

Code: ( text )

<value>
<value>5.00</value>
</value>

jkmyoung

Moderator

765 Posts

July 15th, 2008
02:38 PM
#3

Re: XSL replace value with string

From go4gator
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It still doesn't work. Maybe more code will give you more insight. I think I may need to declare the string "Free" somehow. Got any ideas? The second sort works fine.
I changed the code to:

Code: ( text )

<xsl:for-each select="books/book">
<xsl:if test="value <= 5.00">
<xsl:value-of select='free'/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
<xsl:for-each select="books/book">
<xsl:sort select="edition" order="descending" />
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="title"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="rating"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="author"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="publisher"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="condition"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="binding"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="value"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="edition"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>

Thanks again

jkmyoung

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765 Posts

July 15th, 2008
02:39 PM
#4

Re: XSL replace value with string

<xsl:value-of select="'free'"/>

Use single quotes inside the double quotes to declare 'free' as a string.

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