Re: [xsl] FW: Path Reversal

[Joerg Heinicke <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>]

Hi Alek,

such an extension function already exists in Saxon, it's called 
evaluate() there. I think there is a high probability that this exists 
in EXSLT too.

Regards,

Joerg

Alek Andreev wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Suppose I have the following piece of XML:
>
> <node name="funstuff">
>   <node name="jokes">
>     <node name="veryfunnyjoke"/>
>   </node>
> </node>
>
> I have a path (as a string) which is composed of the @names of the
> nodes. It looks like /funstuff/jokes/veryfunnyjoke. How can I write a
> template (or an EXSLT function) that returns the node the path points to
> (e.g. veryfunnyjoke)?
>
>
> Regards,
> Alek Andreev
> alek@xxxxxxxx


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