RE: [xsl] can a value of a parameter depends on a other value

[Roelof Wobben <rwobben@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks,



So both are good.

One question. If I have two variables which depends on the same condition but
will have other values do I have to write three seperate variable blocks ?



Roelof



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> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 16:06:11 +0000
> From: davidc@xxxxxxxxx
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xsl] can a value of a parameter depends on a other value
>
> On 01/12/2011 15:51, Roelof Wobben wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > I did some investigation and found this script.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > <xsl:variable name="foo">
> > <xsl:choose>
> > <xsl:when test="condition1">
> > ...value if condition1 is true
> > </xsl:when>
> > <xsl:otherwise>
> > ...value if condition1 is not true
> > </xsl:otherwise>
> > </xsl:choose>
> > </xsl:variable>
> >
> > <xsl:apply-templates select="/foo/bar">
> > <xsl:with-param name="foo" select="$foo"/>
> > </xsl:apply-templates>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Is this a good example of a condtional with-param ?
> >
>
> well working is good;-)
> as always, if you only use a variable once can (but don't have to)
> inline the definition, so here the global variable $foo is only used
> once so you could equivalently go
>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="/foo/bar">
> <xsl:with-param name="foo">
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="condition1">
> ...value if condition1 is true
> </xsl:when>
> <xsl:otherwise>
> ...value if condition1 is not true
> </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:with-param>
> </xsl:apply-templates>
>
>
> But it probably compiles to more or less the same thing.
> One of the nice features of side-effect free languages is that the
> compiler has a lot of freedom to re-arrange the code, if you use the
> same subterm multiple times the compiler can reuse the value,
> effectively implictly making a variable, conversely if you only use a
> variable once it can inline the definition, effectively removing the
> variable.
>
> So use of variables or not often just amounts to personal coding style
> aesthetics.
>
> dDavid
>
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