RE: [xsl] Mutiple values for variable

["Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> My XML File contents:
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> <Section ID="ID1" SELECTED="" />
> <Section ID="ID2" SELECTED="" />
> <Section ID="ID3" SELECTED="" />
> <Section ID="ID4" SELECTED="" />
> <Section ID="ID5" SELECTED="" /> 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 
> 
> Now, I have a list of IDs like say ID1, ID2 and ID5, for 
> which I wish set 
> the value of the attribute 'SELECTED' to "YES" and the rest to "NO". 
> 
> I am not sure as to how I can send multiple value for the 
> same variable at 
> the same time and then update the values. 
> 
> Can someone please give me some kind of a pointer. 
> 

XPath 2.0 handles "lists of strings", but in XPath 1.0, the only way to
handle a list is using an XML tree structure.

So make your list:

<xsl:variable name="list">
<id>ID1</id>
<id>ID2</id>
<id>ID5</id>
</xsl:variable>

and then the transformation is:

<xsl:template match="Section">
<xsl:copy>
  <xsl:copy-of select="@ID"/>
  <xsl:attribute name="SELECTED">
   <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="@ID=xx:node-set($list)/id">YES</xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>NO</xsl:otherwise>
   </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:attribute>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

Michael Kay
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