Re: [NTG-context] xml count() failing

2010-04-18 Thread Hans Hagen

On 17-4-2010 9:40, Hans van der Meer wrote:

The xml-count() function does not result in 0 when none of the node
sought is absent.

In \writestatus{}{<\xmlfilter{#1}{/img/count()}>}
 correctly returns:  : <1>

But in  one would expect the result to be zero but instead
an error occurs:  : <>

This is a nuisance because a simple \ifcase .. \or ... \else ... \fi now
fails.
! Missing number, treated as zero.

\relax
\@@su:xml:case:frontfigure .../img/count()}\relax
\ifcase
Can this be remedied?


puzzles me as i return 0 in case of nil .. small example needed


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[NTG-context] xml count() failing

2010-04-17 Thread Hans van der Meer
The xml-count() function does not result in 0 when none of the node  
sought is absent.


In \writestatus{}{<\xmlfilter{#1}{/img/count()}>}
 correctly returns: : <1>

But in  one would expect the result to be zero but  
instead an error occurs: : <>


This is a nuisance because a simple \ifcase .. \or ... \else ... \fi  
now fails.

! Missing number, treated as zero.

   \relax
\@@su:xml:case:frontfigure .../img/count()}\relax
  \ifcase
Can this be remedied?

Hans van der Meer




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