RE: [xsl] How to specify a path to a node in a nodeset using a variable

Subject: RE: [xsl] How to specify a path to a node in a nodeset using a variable
From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 16:58:38 -0000
> I have the following scenario
>
> INPUT.XML
> <document>
>   <group>
>      <row>
>         <label>User Id:</label>
>         <entryfield name="/Person/UserId/@name"/>   <!--

>   <xsl:variable name="path" select="string(@name)"/>
>         <xsl:value-of select="$container/$path"/>

Inventive, but it doesn't work. Variables can only hold values, they can't
hold expressions or parts of expressions.

Saxon (and I think several other products, now) has an evaluate() extension
function that will do this for you.

Mike Kay
Software AG


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