[xquery-talk] Problems with string testing in if

[Jason Hunter]

Sjur Nørstebø Moshagen wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm new to this list, my apologies if this posting is outside the 
> intended scope.

It's right within scope.

> The problem is it does not work as expected. So far I have tried the 
> following:
> 
> input output
> ----- ------
> no    nor
> se    nor
> sme   nor
> 
> The function is:
> 
> (: Convert incoming locale strings to 3-letter language codes (ISO 639) :)
> declare function fn:locale2lang($locale as xs:string) as xs:string
> {
>     let $lang := substring-before($locale,'_')
>     return
>         if ($lang = "no" or "nn" or "nb") then "nor"
>         else if ($lang = "se") then "sme"

Try:

if ($lang = "no" or $lang = "nn" or $lang = "nb") then "nor"
else ...

-jh-