RE: [xsl] Using variables in xpath attribute matches

Subject: RE: [xsl] Using variables in xpath attribute matches
From: Vasu Chakkera <vasucv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:40:01 +0000
Once the attribute value is assigned to a variable, then it is just another
variable with some value. it doesnt matter if the value was initially an
attribute or an element etc..





so


would be

> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:07:02 -0700
> From: reachmatt.lee@xxxxxxxxx
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Using variables in xpath attribute matches
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> Hi,
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> I have the following template:
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> I would like to use the value of the attribute parameter passed into
> this template as the attribute match expression in the inner most
> select. But I am quite confused as to what the syntax is for doing
> this. For instance, given this XML,
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> I would like to invoke the get_attribute template as follows:
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>   name="attribute>attrib1
>   name="attribute>attrib2
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> I have tried the following syntaxes, with no success. The parser gives
> syntax errors.
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> Everything works fine, if I directly key in the attribute name:
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>  and so on.
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> Am I trying to do something really stupid? Please advise. It sounds
> like it would be useful to construct the xpath expression via
> variables.
>
> matt

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