RE: parameter in path

Subject: RE: parameter in path
From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 10:44:18 -0000
> is it possible to use a paramter in the path of the select of 
> a xsl:value-of ?
> 
> <xsl:param name="p1" select="'abc">
> <xsl:value-of select="//some1/$p1/some2"/>
> 
Third time in a week! No, variables and parameters in XPath don't work by
textual substitution. A variable can only be used in places where the syntax
explicitly permits it. There is no mechanism in XSLT 1.0 to construct an
expression from a string.

Mike Kay


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