Question

I have an xml file in which there is tag namely, <Gender/> It carries either ‘M’ or ‘F’ as data, now my work is to test the value and write <Gender_Tag>Male</Gender_Tag> or <Gender_Tag>Female</Gender_Tag> according to the values M or F respectively .. I tried this code .. It used to work in other circumstances..

Answer 1

All relative paths expressed in a template are evaluated against the current node. Your template match Gender elements, so Gender=’M’ returns true if there is any Gender’s child named ‘Gender’ with the value ‘M’. I guess this is not the case…

Use the dot to express the current node (here a Gender element):

<xsl:template match="root/details/Gender">
  <Gender_Tag>  
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test=".='M'">
        <xsl:text>Male</xsl:text>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
       <xsl:text>Female</xsl:text>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
  </Gender_Tag>
</xsl:template>

EDIT: You may use two templates too

<xsl:template match="root/details/Gender[.='M']">
  <Gender_Tag>Male</Gender_Tag>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="root/details/Gender[.='F']">
  <Gender_Tag>Female</Gender_Tag>
</xsl:template>