Re: [xsl] [xsl-list] Storing an XPath fragment in a variable

["Joris Gillis" <roac@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
Tempore 22:18:44, die 07/13/2005 AD, hinc in  
xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx scripsit Jason Kohls  
<jasonkohls@xxxxxxxxx>:

> I'm using the following partial XPath expression...:
>
> [name()='RED' or name() = 'GREEN' or name() = 'BLUE']
>
> ... in several locations in my stylesheet:
>
> <xsl:for-each select="/*/*[1]/*[name()='RED' or name() = 'GREEN' or
> name() = 'BLUE']">
>
> <xsl:for-each select="*[name()='RED' or name() = 'GREEN' or name() =  
> 'BLUE']">
>
> Is it possible to store a fragment of an XPath expression in a
> variable
no
> or is there another method of eliminating redundancy that I'm
> not aware of?

rather use "self::RED" instead of "name() = 'GREEN'"

or, another approach, store the strings 'RED' , 'GREEN', etc in a variable  
or xml fragment and use 'contains(., $possiblevalues)' to test them all at  
once

regards,
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