Re: [xsl] dynamic variable names

[Robert Koberg <rob@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sam Saha wrote:

> Hi,
>   How do I construct the name of a variable
> dynamically.
>
>   I have an xsl file (test.xsl) which has an include
> file.
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> version="1.0" >
> <xsl:include href="../include.xsl"/>	
> ...
> ...
> ...
>
> There are two variables defined in the include.xsl
> file, called name1 and name2.
>
> Now I want to use the value of these two variables
> dynamically in 'test.xsl'.
> I did something like, 
>
> <xsl:value-of select="concat('name',$i)" /> where $i
> will be 1 and 2 in different conditions.
>
> but this only displays name1 and name2 instead of the
> values held in them.
>
> How do I construct the name of the variable to be
> used, dynamically. Or am I missing the whole plot
> here. I'm a beginner. 


You can't do that in XSL.What you can do is:

<xsl:variable name="myVar">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="$something='foo'">
      <xsl:value-of select="$something"/>
    </
    <xsl:when test="$something-else='boo'">
      <xsl:value-of select="$something-else"/>
    </
    <xsl:otherwise>
      <xsl:value-of select="$default"/>
    </
  </
</

make sense?

best,
-Rob


> Thanks for your help.
>
> Sam.