RE: [xsl] treat a string into a variable name

Subject: RE: [xsl] treat a string into a variable name
From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 12:29:13 -0000
> I have some variables: $day1date, $day2date.....$day7date.  I have a
> template that takes an integer argument "$n" and creates the correct
> variable name.  I store the variable name like this:
> 
> <xsl:variable name="temp">$day<xsl:value-of 
> select="$n"/>date</xsl:variable>
> 

Forget it, XSLT is not a reflexive language, and its variables are not
textual macros. The value of a variable must be a string, a number, a
boolean, or a node-set; it can't be a fragment of XPath syntax.

Mike Kay

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