operator
true
if the element is the specified element, and false
otherwise. Replacing
is
with isnt
reverses the result.
element element-qualifier? (is | isnt) namespace-modifier? (element-name | element-name-list)
element is
tests whether the current element of the currently-active parse is an instance of the
element element-name, or one of the elements listed in element-name-list. element-name-list is a parenthesized list of elements, separated by |
. Replacing is
with isnt
will reverse these results.
If element-qualifier is not specified, the test applies to the current element. If element-qualifier is specified, the test applies to the element specified by element-qualifier.
You can specify an element name dynamically by using the identity operator (~
) followed by a
string
expression, for example:
define string function f () elsewhere element #implied when element is ~f () suppress