XML & XSL - xsl:otherwise

Multiple conditional testing in conjunction with the xsl:choose and xsl:when.

Syntax

<xsl:otherwise>

Attributes

Parent Elements

• xsl:choose

Child Elements

• xsl:apply-templates
• xsl:attribute
• xsl:choose
• xsl:comment
• xsl:copy
• xsl:element
• xsl:eval
• xsl:for-each
• xsl:if
• xsl:pi
• xsl:value-of
• output elements

Purpose

Provides a default condition for xsl:choose. Other alternatives are controlled by xsl:when.

Use the xsl:if for simple conditional testing.

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