Re: [xsl] param weirdness

["Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jelks Cabaniss" <jelks@xxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:58 PM
Subject: [xsl] param weirdness


> This *should be* obvious, but sometimes the obvious isn't always to this
> observer.  :)
>
>    <xsl:call-template name="detail">
>       <xsl:with-param name="category">markup</xsl:with-param>
>    </xsl:call-template>
>
> ...
>
>    <xsl:template name="detail">
>      <xsl:param name="category" />
>        <xsl:for-each select='/config/option[@class="$category"]'>
>          ...
>        </xsl:for-each>
>    </xsl:template>
>
> The for-each selects *nothing*, but if I change "$category" to the
> hard-coded string "markup", it works fine!
>
> The `$category` parameter does come through, or so 
>
>    <xsl:value-of select='$category' />
>
> tells me.  So why does does a hard-coded category work, while "$category"
> fails?
>
>
> /Jelks
You don't need quotes around it if its a variable, compare:
x = a + b; //a and b are variables
x = "a" + "b"; // giving "ab" as a and b are strings


Joe