Subject: [xsl] Re: Variable creation and scoping From: "Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 23:04:16 +0200 |
Why it seems to me that you want to *generate in the output* these xsl:variable elements? If this is so, you need to use either xsl:namespace-alias or xsl:element. ===== Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev. http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL "Andrew Kirkpatrick" <ncam_tech@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:BAC1CCA9.13092%ncam_tech@xxxxxxxxxxx > I want to create a number of variables from an external document in order to > transform a different XML file, but the way that I thought to accomplish > this was using for-each to cycle through the elements in the external > document doesn't accomplish what I want because the variables seem to only > exist within the for-each. > > My external doc. Over time, the values for the attributes of "c" will > change. Note that not all instances of "c" attributes have values. If foo > or bar are empty, no variable should be created: > > <a> > <b> > <c foo="3" bar="4"/> > <c foo="" bar=""> > </b> > <b> > <c foo="5" bar="3"/> > </b> > </a> > > I can generate the variables by entering the following at the top of the xsl > for each variable, but I'd like to do it in a way that makes the variables > global (or at least for a template) and in a way that will still work after > the external document is updated. > > <xsl:variable name="c1"> > <xsl;value-of select="document('external.xml')/a/b/c/@foo * > document('external.xml')/a/b/c/@bar"/> > </xsl:variable> > > Is there an easier/cleaner/better way to do this that will allow me to not > edit the xsl when the xml file used to create the variables is altered? > > Thanks, > AWK > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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