RE: newbie question: store elements as variables

["Reynolds, Gregg" <greynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No can do.  DSSSL disallows side-effects like assignment.  The concept
of "storage" (=assignment) is alien to its way of thinking.  There are
several different ways to get the end result you're after, but they all
boil down to function application.  In other words you'll have to write
access functions (SDQL expressions) and apply them whereever you need
them.  If you design your program without relying on DSSSL standard
processing model (walk the tree, find the match, apply) you may be able
to acquire the value once and pass it around to the functions that need
it.  If you're not accustomed to thinking "functionally" (no
side-effects) you may have an adjustment period, but its well worth the
effort.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bas Peters [SMTP:bpeters@xxxxxx]
> Sent:	Thursday, October 08, 1998 8:20 AM
> To:	dssslist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	newbie question: store elements as variables
> 
> I have been trying to store an element in a variable, but I cannot
> figure out how it works. Any help is welcome.
> 
> This is the fragment that includes the element:
> 
> <mrcb099 i1="i1-blank" i2="i2-blank">
> <mrcb099-a>ILM-4232</mrcb099-a>
> <mrcb099-c>23.00</mrcb099-c>
> </mrcb099>
> 
> Now I want to store the mrcb099-a element into variable *orderNo*
> 
> I tried something like this, but it does not work:
> 
> (define (*orderNo*)
>   (let ((x (select-elements (children (current-node))"MRCB099-a")))
>   )
> )
> 
> I would like to use the variable in a literal as part of another
> element.
> 
> thanks in advance,
> 
> regards
> 
> Bas Peters
> IDC Publishers
> 
> 
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