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Compares 0 as a string and as a number
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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<data>
<text>999</text>
<text>A123</text>
<text>-16</text>
<text>0</text>
<text/>
<text>false</text>
</data>
File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<paragraph>
<xsl:text>The boolean value of "0" is </xsl:text>
<B>
<xsl:value-of select="boolean(//text[text()='0'])"/>
</B>
<xsl:text> if "0" is a string, but </xsl:text>
<B>
<xsl:value-of select="boolean(number((//text[text()='0'])))"/>
</B>
<xsl:text> if "0" is a number.</xsl:text>
</P>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><paragraph>The boolean value of "0" is <B>true</B> if "0" is a string, but <B>false</B> if "0" is a number.</P>
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