Re: [xsl] Assigning value to variable based on xsl:choose test

[Abel Braaksma Online <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,

I think what you want to do is putting the test inside the variable. 
Like this:

<xsl:variable name="numTickets">
   <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="price_type = 56">8</xsl:when>
       <xsl:when test="price_type = 57">4</xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>9</xsl:otherwise>
   </xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>

This way you can use the variable $numTickets inside any other function 
in the same scope, or global scope if you defined the variable on root 
level.

Cheers,
Abel Braaksma
Nuntia B.V.

David Murphy wrote:

> Hello
>
> Is it possible to set the value of a variable based upon a test?
>
> My first effort is below, and I also tried to assign the value to the
> variable using xsl:attribute but that doesn't work either.
>
> <xsl:choose>
> 	<xsl:when test="price_type = 56"><xsl:variable name="numTickets"
> select="8"/></xsl:when>
> 	<xsl:when test="price_type = 57"><xsl:variable name="numTickets"
> select="4"/></xsl:when>
> 	<xsl:otherwise><xsl:variable name="numTickets"
> select="9"/></xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
>
> ...
>
> <xsl:call-template name="counter">
>      <xsl:with-param name="max" select="$numTickets"/>
> </xsl:call-template>
>
>
> I'm guessing that one cannot assign values to variables inline like
> this, but I've not managed to get it working so a bit of guidance that
> will help me work this out would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards, David