xml - How to implement if-else statement in XSLT?

You have to reimplement it using <xsl:choose> tag:

<xsl:choose>   <xsl:when test="$CreatedDate > $IDAppendedDate">     <h2> mooooooooooooo </h2>   </xsl:when>   <xsl:otherwise>     <h2> dooooooooooooo </h2>   </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> 

If statement is used for checking just one condition quickly. When you have multiple options, use <xsl:choose> as illustrated below:

   <xsl:choose>      <xsl:when test="$CreatedDate > $IDAppendedDate">        <h2>mooooooooooooo</h2>      </xsl:when>      <xsl:otherwise>       <h2>dooooooooooooo</h2>      </xsl:otherwise>    </xsl:choose> 

Also, you can use multiple <xsl:when> tags to express If .. Else If or Switch patterns as illustrated below:

   <xsl:choose>      <xsl:when test="$CreatedDate > $IDAppendedDate">        <h2>mooooooooooooo</h2>      </xsl:when>      <xsl:when test="$CreatedDate = $IDAppendedDate">        <h2>booooooooooooo</h2>      </xsl:when>      <xsl:otherwise>       <h2>dooooooooooooo</h2>      </xsl:otherwise>    </xsl:choose> 

The previous example would be equivalent to the pseudocode below:

   if ($CreatedDate > $IDAppendedDate)    {        output: <h2>mooooooooooooo</h2>    }    else if ($CreatedDate = $IDAppendedDate)    {        output: <h2>booooooooooooo</h2>    }    else    {        output: <h2>dooooooooooooo</h2>    } 

If I may offer some suggestions (two years later but hopefully helpful to future readers):

• Factor out the common h2 element.
• Factor out the common ooooooooooooo text.
• Be aware of new XPath 2.0 if/then/else construct if using XSLT 2.0.

XSLT 1.0 Solution ^{_{(also works with XSLT 2.0)}}

<h2>   <xsl:choose>     <xsl:when test="$CreatedDate > $IDAppendedDate">m</xsl:when>     <xsl:otherwise>d</xsl:otherwise>   </xsl:choose>   ooooooooooooo </h2> 

XSLT 2.0 Solution

<h2>    <xsl:value-of select="if ($CreatedDate > $IDAppendedDate) then 'm' else 'd'"/>    ooooooooooooo </h2> 

Originally from this blog post. We can achieve if else by using below code

<xsl:choose>     <xsl:when test="something to test">      </xsl:when>     <xsl:otherwise>      </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> 

So here is what I did

<h3>System</h3>     <xsl:choose>         <xsl:when test="autoIncludeSystem/autoincludesystem_info/@mdate"> <!-- if attribute exists-->             <p>                 <dd><table border="1">                     <tbody>                         <tr>                             <th>File Name</th>                             <th>File Size</th>                             <th>Date</th>                             <th>Time</th>                             <th>AM/PM</th>                         </tr>                         <xsl:for-each select="autoIncludeSystem/autoincludesystem_info">                             <tr>                                 <td valign="top" ><xsl:value-of select="@filename"/></td>                                 <td valign="top" ><xsl:value-of select="@filesize"/></td>                                 <td valign="top" ><xsl:value-of select="@mdate"/></td>                                 <td valign="top" ><xsl:value-of select="@mtime"/></td>                                 <td valign="top" ><xsl:value-of select="@ampm"/></td>                             </tr>                         </xsl:for-each>                     </tbody>                 </table>                 </dd>             </p>         </xsl:when>         <xsl:otherwise> <!-- if attribute does not exists -->             <dd><pre>                 <xsl:value-of select="autoIncludeSystem"/><br/>             </pre></dd> <br/>         </xsl:otherwise>     </xsl:choose> 

My Output

The most straight-forward approach is to do a second if-test but with the condition inverted. This technique is shorter, easier on the eyes, and easier to get right than a choose-when-otherwise nested block:

<xsl:variable name="CreatedDate" select="@createDate"/>      <xsl:variable name="IDAppendedDate" select="2012-01-01" />      <b>date: <xsl:value-of select="$CreatedDate"/></b>       <xsl:if test="$CreatedDate &gt; $IDAppendedDate">         <h2> mooooooooooooo </h2>      </xsl:if>      <xsl:if test="$CreatedDate &lt;= $IDAppendedDate">         <h2> dooooooooooooo </h2>      </xsl:if> 

Here's a real-world example of the technique being used in the style-sheet for a government website: http://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/latest_ob.xsl