RE: XSLT: conversion: string variable to selection pattern

[Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>]

> 
> <xml:template name="myTemplate" match="$myString">
> 
> The above syntax doesn't work;  is there a way to explicitly 
> convert my string variable into a reference pattern

No. There is no way to construct an expression or pattern in XSLT at
run-time, any more than there is in (say) C or C++. XSLT is not a reflexive
language, the stylesheet has no access to itself.

If you really need this, the only solution is to generate a stylesheet and
then execute it.

Mike Kay 


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