Re: syntax question: using a variable inside format-number()

Subject: Re: syntax question: using a variable inside format-number()
From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:05:29 GMT
> <xsl:value-of select="format-number(/AssetAnalyzer/$curcat,'#00%')"/>

your problem is nothing to do with format-number it's just that
/AssetAnalyzer/$curcat
isn't a valid xpath construct, you can't use a string containing part of
an xpath as part of an expression. For simple cases (like this)
you can use
/AssetAnalyzer/*[name()=$curcat]

David

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