Re: [xsl] [xsl-list] Storing an XPath fragment in a variable

["Joris Gillis" <roac@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tempore 23:07:13, die 07/13/2005 AD, hinc in  
xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx scripsit Jason Kohls  
<jasonkohls@xxxxxxxxx>:

> > or, another approach, store the strings 'RED' , 'GREEN', etc in a  
> > variable
> > or xml fragment and use 'contains(., $possiblevalues)' to test them all  
> > at once

what was I thinking? I meant to say 'contains($possiblevalues, name())' of  
course;)

> this function returns true or false and takes only one string as an
> argument -- I'm not sure how this would work in an xpath expression in
> a for-each statement.
It can be used inside a predicate. example:

<xsl:variable name="query">red green blue</xsl:variable>

<xsl:template match="foo">
	<xsl:apply-templates select="*[contains($query,name())]"/>
</xsl:template>

regards,
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