Subject: RE: [xsl] Using a variable as an attribute name From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:22:47 -0000 |
> One of the developers here is trying to do a test on a > attribute where the attribute name is contained in a variable. > > We're getting an illegal character error on the test line. > Is what he's trying to do even legal or are we taking the > wrong tack on this? Yes, guessing the syntax of the language is always the wrong tack. Variables in XPath represent values. They aren't macros, like in a shell script, that you can use in place of any keyword in the language. > > <xsl:variable name="attributeName" select="'charstyname'"/> > <xsl:variable name="before" select="preceding-sibling::*[1]"/> > > <xsl:when test="not( $before[@$attributeName='Footnote'] )"> > [...] > </xsl:when> > Use @*[name()='Footnote'] Michael Kay Software AG home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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