RE: [xsl] Using a parameter in a select within a recursive template

["Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>]

> My datafile looks something like this:
> 
> <FIELD_1>
> <FIELD_2>
> <FIELD_3>
> <FIELD_4>
> <FIELD_5>
> ...
> <FIELD_142>

Change the design if you can. It's much cleaner to use <FIELD nr="4">.
You're not using XML the way it was designed to be used, so you're giving
yourself an uphill struggle. If you can't change the original input,
consider writing a transformation that turns it into something more
sanitary, which you can then run as the first step in your transformation
pipeline.

>                <fo:block><xsl:value-of 
> select="concat('FIELD_',$number)"
> 
> However, the output gives me:
> FIELD_1 FIELD_2 FIELD_3 etc....
> rather than the data contained within these nodes. Can 
> someone shed some
> light for me?

If you wanted to output the string "FIELD_4", how would you write it if not
like this?

Write select="*[name() = concat('FIELD_',$number)]".

Michael Kay