RE: [xsl] Using an XSLT value as a HTML parameter

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ender:

At 01:10 PM 9/15/01, Carlos wrote:
> Something like this
>
>  <xsl:template match="text">
>     <xsl:element name="font">
>        <xsl:attribute name="@format">
>           <xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
>        </xsl:attribe>
>     </xsl:element>
>  </xsl:template>
>
> I don't know if @format goes with {} or not,
> have a try.

Yes, it does (XSLT 7.1.3).

Also, this code is functionally the same as

<xsl:template match="text">
   <font>
      <xsl:attribute name="{@format}">
         <xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
      </xsl:attribute>
      [ ... whatever ... ]
   </font>
</xsl:template>

Whatever you want inside the font element (you probably want at least an 
<xsl:apply-templates/>) comes after the <xsl:attribute> element, which must 
come first among its siblings.

This is a perfect application for <xsl:attribute>, which (as we were saying 
not long ago) is often used when a literal result attribute (the <font 
color="@value"> form) could be used just as well. Here it can't, since you 
have to query the document to find the name you want.

(Thanks Carlos.)

Enjoy,
Wendell


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