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Re: Assigning variable values
- From: Georges Claessen <georgesdamata at yahoo dot com>
- To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 13:33:57 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: [xsl] Assigning variable values
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
Hi Joerg. I noticed you were right before reading your
message. I really created only a local variable. I'm
trying another solution instead... Thanks anyway!
--- Joerg Heinicke <joerg.heinicke@gmx.de> wrote:
> Georges Claessen wrote:
> > Hi Joerg. You said that I couldn't change the
> value of
> > an global scope variable. But I do this and it
> works
> > perfectly. In fact many people say that it won´t
> work,
> > but it remains as a mistery to me cause I made it
> > work.
> > Thanks for your attention! :o)
>
> I don't know what processor you are using, but I
> don't believe that.
> It's not possible in XSLT! You didn't change the
> value, you only create
> a local variable.
>
> Test it in the following way:
>
> XML:
>
> <root>
> </root>
>
> XSLT:
>
> <xsl:variable name="teste" select="'um'"/>
> <xsl:variable name="um" select="'um'"/>
> <xsl:variable name="dois" select="'dois'"/>
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <xsl:text>original: </xsl:text>
> <xsl:variable name="teste">
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="$teste='um'">
> <xsl:value-of select="$dois"/>
> </xsl:when>
> <xsl:otherwise>
> <xsl:value-of select="$um"/>
> </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:variable>
> <xsl:text>after "changing the value":</xsl:text>
> <xsl:value-of select="$teste"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="root"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="root">
> <xsl:text>value still changed? :</xsl:text>
> <xsl:value-of select="$teste"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> You will see, that you didn't change the value of
> the global variable -
> or you don't have a XSLT-processor.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joerg
>
>
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