XSLT - if condition

hi i wanted to check a value with condition.something like this <xsl:variable name="rootname" select="name()">i wanted to check whether the $rootname= SportsData.how will i express this condition in a conditional statementrgds
[281 byte] By [kk_da] at [2007-11-27 1:09:21]
# 1
<xsl:choose><xsl:when test="$blah='blah'"></xsl:when></xsl:choose>
yue42a at 2007-7-11 23:44:37 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Enterprise Technologies...
# 2
Or there is the <xsl:if> element you can use.
DrClapa at 2007-7-11 23:44:37 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Enterprise Technologies...