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Select with if them else statement

File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <cars>   <make geography="Europe">Alfa Romeo</make>   <make geography="Europe">Bentley</make>   <make geography="North America">Chevrolet</make>   <make geography="North America">Dodge</make>   <make geography="North America">GMC</make>   <make geography="Asia">Honda</make>   <make geography="Asia">Isuzu</make>   <make geography="?">Quantum</make> </cars> File: Transform.xslt <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">   <xsl:output method="text"/>   <xsl:template match="/">     <xsl:for-each select="cars/make">       <xsl:text>&#xA;  Car: </xsl:text>       <xsl:value-of select="."/>       <xsl:text> - </xsl:text>       <xsl:value-of          select="if (@geography = 'North America') then                    'Domestic car'                 else if (@geography = 'Europe') then                    'Import from Europe'                 else if (@geography = 'Asia') then                    &quot;It's from Asia&quot;                 (: If it's anything else :)                 else                     'We don''t know!'"/>     </xsl:for-each>   </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output:   Car: Alfa Romeo - Import from Europe   Car: Bentley - Import from Europe   Car: Chevrolet - Domestic car   Car: Dodge - Domestic car   Car: GMC - Domestic car   Car: Honda - It's from Asia   Car: Isuzu - It's from Asia   Car: Quantum - We don't know!