RE: [xsl] variable declaration

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2002-11-18 16:30 +0000, Stuart Brown wrote:
> Firstly, you can't use the <xsl:variable> element as a direct child of
> <xsl:for-each>: it can only be used as a child of <xsl:stylesheet> or
> <xsl:template>.

This is a false statement ... I often do this and it is very useful to have 
a locally scoped variable within the for-each construct.  Since the scope 
of a variable is its following siblings and their descendants, the variable 
can be assigned a new value when the next node in the current node list is 
acted upon.

................ Ken


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