RE: [xsl] variable in filter doesn't work??

["Martinez, Brian" <brian dot martinez at trip dot com>]

> From: Carter, Will [mailto:WCarter@envestnetpmc.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:24 AM
> Subject: [xsl] variable in filter doesn't work??
> 
> 
> why doesn't this work?
> -----------------------
> <xsl:variable name="filter" select='"cat = &apos;zoro&apos;"'/>
> <xsl:value-of select="$filter"/>

Here I assume you mean xsl:for-each.  for-each only iterates on a node-set;
your variable $filter doesn't return a node-set, but rather a literal
string, "cat = &apos;zoro&apos;".

It might be easier to define the expression in the select attribute of the
for-each loop:

<xsl:for-each select="//person/cat = 'zoro'">
  ...
</xsl:for-each>

which would eliminate the need for the variable.

cheers,
b.

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