Re: [xsl] What is the scope of template variables?

Subject: Re: [xsl] What is the scope of template variables?
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:00:32 +0100
At 11:26 PM 5/16/01, you wrote:

<xsl:template match="something">
    <xsl:variable name="a" select="XPathExpr"/>
    ........
    <xsl:call-template name="func1"/>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="junk"/>
    .....
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="func1">
    <!-- QUESTION:  Is the variable $a defined in the calling template
visible to this template? -->

<!-- ANSWER: No, but you can make it visible if you pass it as a parameter. -->


For parameters, see the FAQ, the usual online sources, or (gasp!) the XSLT spec.

Hope that helps--
--Wendell


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