Re: [xsl] Store node into variable

["Yoann Moranville yoann.moranville@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks! I opted for XPath and that worked exactly as I needed it.


On 21/04/15 15:22, Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Just use
>
> <xsl:variable name="date" select="$element/date"/>
>
> The way you are doing it, you are creating a temporary document to hold a copy of the date element. The variable is a document node, and document nodes have no name.
>
>
> > I would need the $date to be the same node as $date2 (I want to use a "xsl:choose" in the $date variable).
> Either use XPath if() instead:
>
> <xsl:variable name="date" select="if (X) then $element/date else $something.else"/>
>
> Or use xsl:sequence and an @as attribute
>
> <xsl:variable name="date" as="element(date)">
>    <xsl:choose>
>      <xsl:when test="X">
>       <xsl;sequence select="$element/date"/>
>     </xsl:when>
>     ....
> </xsl:variable>
>
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
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