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RE: xsl:variable doesn't work here
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:02:31 -0000
- Subject: RE: [xsl] xsl:variable doesn't work here
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
In standard XSLT/XPath there is no way to store an expression inside a
variable. Or rather, you can store it as a string, but there is no way of
evaluating the expression.
Some processors (saxon, xalan, ...) have an evaluate() extension that allows
this: use xx:evaluate($condition).
Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Robert
> Sösemann
> Sent: 01 March 2002 20:03
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: [xsl] xsl:variable doesn't work here
>
>
> Instead of
>
> <xsl:if test=".//article[.//author='C. J. Date']">
> ..
> <xsl:copy-of select=".//article[.//author='C. J. Date']"/>
>
> i want to store the condition in a variable condition and write
>
> <xsl:variable name="condition">.//article[.//author='C. J.
> Date']</xsl:variable>
>
>
> <xsl:if test="$condition">
> ..
> <xsl:copy-of select="$condition"/>
>
> But this does not work. I also tried {$condition} instead of
> $condition.
>
> Whats wrong?
>
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