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In XSLT 2.0, can we use if then only means no else clause. <Employee><Status><xsl:value-of select="if (tns:Employee/tns:EmpId = 4) then 'new' else 'old'"/></Status></Employee> Here if I don't want else clause, means if empid is not 4, then do not populate Status field. what will be xslt?

user3480752
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  • Well, after Googling it and thinkng it over: what *would* the value be if there is no `else`? Reorder things to avoid the situation. – Jongware Apr 14 '15 at 19:17
  • By "don't populate the status field" do you mean you want an empty `` or do you want no Status element at all? – Ian Roberts Apr 14 '15 at 19:37
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    What's the connection to yor [previous question](http://stackoverflow.com/q/29633276/1987598)? Why do you ask very similar questions with a different XML input? Also, some of your older questions need your attention: http://stackoverflow.com/q/29633276/1987598, http://stackoverflow.com/q/22759983/1987598 and http://stackoverflow.com/q/24752681/1987598. Either accept an answer to them or otherwise react to the answers given. – Mathias Müller Apr 14 '15 at 20:29
  • I want no Status element at all. – user3480752 Apr 15 '15 at 11:08

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Unless I'm reading the question wrong, just add an empty string or empty sequence.

Example... 

if (tns:Employee/tns:EmpId = 4) then 'new' else ''

or 

if (tns:Employee/tns:EmpId = 4) then 'new' else ()
Daniel Haley
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  • Thanks for your reply.This will create but if I need not to create the status field what will be the solution. – user3480752 Apr 15 '15 at 11:08
  • @user3480752 - If you don't want a status element output at all you can use an xsl:if like suggested by Tim C or you might be able to narrow the original scope of what you're processing. It's hard to give an example though when your question does not contain a complete example of your XSLT. – Daniel Haley Apr 15 '15 at 13:35
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If you don't want any status at all, you can easily achieve this with the standard xsl:if in XSLT (available in all versions)

<Employee>
    <xsl:if test="tns:Employee/tns:EmpId = 4">
      <Status>new</Status>
    </xsl:if>
</Employee>
Tim C
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