Re: [xsl] selecting a node inside <xsl:for-each> fails?

Subject: Re: [xsl] selecting a node inside <xsl:for-each> fails?
From: "Rene Ladan" <r.c.ladan@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 12:46:42 +0200
Using current() works correctly. Thanks.

Regards,
Rene

2006/6/6, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
The value of "." changes inside a predicate. Use current() instead, or an
explicit variable.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/


> -----Original Message----- > From: Rene Ladan [mailto:r.c.ladan@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 06 June 2006 10:56 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] selecting a node inside <xsl:for-each> fails? > > Hi, > > I'm trying to select a node which has attribute c set to '2', > but the selection $root//*[@c=.] (where . is an iterator over > the sequence ('1', '2', '3')) returns nothing instead of node <b>. > Changing this into $root//*[@c=string(.)] does not work either. > > The 'explicit' expression and the two expressions ('outside' and > 'direct') after the <xsl:for-each> do work. > > Any ideas? > > I'm using Saxon B-8.7-Java. > > Regards. > Rene > > -- test-select.xml -- > > <a> > <b c="2" e="f"> > <g/> > </b> > </a> > > -- test-select.xsl -- > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";> > <xsl:variable name="root" as="node()" select="/"/> > <xsl:template match="*"> > <xsl:variable name="nums" as="xs:string*" select="'1','2','3'"/> > <xsl:for-each select="$nums"> > value=<xsl:value-of select="."/> > <xsl:if test=".='2'">found</xsl:if> > <!--both [@c=.] and [@c='{.}'] and [@c=string(.)] > return nothing--> > node=<xsl:copy-of select="$root//*[@c=.]"/> > explicit=<xsl:copy-of select="$root//*[@c='2']"/><!--ok--> > </xsl:for-each> > outside=<xsl:copy-of select="$root//*[@c='2']"/><!--ok--> > direct=<xsl:copy-of select="//*[@c='2']"/><!--ok--> > </xsl:template> > </xsl:stylesheet> > > -- > GPG fingerprint = E738 5471 D185 7013 0EE0 4FC8 3C1D 6F83 12E1 84F6 > (subkeys.pgp.net) > > "It won't fit on the line." > -- me, 2001




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