[xsl] Re:

[Flood <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

try:

<xsl:variable name="rowstyle">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="position() mod 2 = 0">
        myItems1
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
        myItems2
    </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>

Gordon Flood

Kevin Nardi wrote:

> <xsl:choose>
>     <xsl:when test="position() mod 2 = 0">
>         <xsl:variable name="rowstyle">myItems1</xsl:variable>
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:otherwise>
>         <xsl:variable name="rowstyle">myItems2</xsl:variable>
>     </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
>
> Why is this not possible?  Why is this variable not in scope outside of the
> xsl:choose?  Is there no way for me to only do this calculation once,
> instead of doing it everytime I need to know what rowstyle to use?
>
> Sometimes I wish XSL was more like a procedural language.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Kevin
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