Re: [xsl] Providing a value for the 'select' attribute

["Mark" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Ken.

Because all the variables I had constructed using the select="some text" 
idiom seemed to have no value when accessed, I adopted the text node 
approach. I'll go back and look at my old code now to see if there was 
another reason for the value-setting failure.
Mark

-----Original Message----- 
From: G. Ken Holman
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 2:26 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xsl] Providing a value for the 'select' attribute

At 2011-10-03 14:19 -0700, Mark wrote:
> I have been using the following idiom when providing a value for 
> C"b,EselectC"b,B in statements like <xsl:param>, <xsl:variable>, etc., when the 
> value provided is not an xsl object. Is this correct or is some other form 
> preferred?
>
> <xsl:param name="file-type">
>    <xsl:text>.htm</xsl:text>
> </xsl:param>

The above is a text node, as is this:

<xsl:param name="file-type">.htm</xsl:param>

This is slightly different in that it is a string:

<xsl:param name="file-type" select="'.htm'"/>

But for your use that difference is nuanced based
only on how the item is stored in memory.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . Ken


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