Re: [xsl] newbie question

[Madhavi Thottempudi <madhavi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Vasu!
Thanks for UR suggestion. It solved my problem (though my page is now full 
of choose-otherwise statements ;-> )

cheers
-M


At 11:25 29/10/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> Hi Madhavi,
> you can do the following
>
> <xsl:variable  name  = "uContact">
>    <xsl:choose>
>     <xsl:when test="your condition">
>      <xsl:text>The condition is satisfied</xsl:text>
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:otherwise>
>      <xsl:text>The condition is not satisfied</xsl:text>
>     </xsl:otherwise>
>    </xsl:choose>
>   </xsl:variable>
>
>   <xsl:value-of select="$uContact"/>
>
> This will set the value of the uContact based on the condition
> HTH
> Vasu
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Madhavi Thottempudi" <madhavi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:17 AM
> Subject: [xsl] newbie question
>
>
> > Hi there!
> > My requirement is to define a variable depending on the mode - edit or
> create.
> > What I am doing is:
> >
> >            <xsl:variable name="uContact"><xsl:value-of
> > select="//request/param[@name='email']"/></xsl:variable>
> >
> > <xsl:if test="//request/param[@name='action']='Edit'">
> > <xsl:variable name="uContact><xsl:value-of
> > select="./selection/email"/></xsl:variable>
> >
> >
> > And I must be able to use the above defined value in a table
> >   <tr>
> >      <td>Contact:</td>
> >     <td><input type="text" name="email" size="25" maxlength="25"
> > value="{$uContact"/></td>
> >   </tr>
> >
> > My problem is the variavle I have defined in if statement is not visible
> to
> > the table.
> > Is there any way I can just declare a variable somewhere and assign a
> value
> > to it where ever I want??
> > Ex:  var x= "";
> >        if (.....)
> >          x="I am in if";
> >        else
> >          x="i am in else";
> >
> > I am not a xslt person and really struggling over this seemingly simply
> > thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > thanks
> > -M
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
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