RE: [xsl] Test for node name and attribute value

["Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Robert Soesemann" <rsoesemann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [xsl] Test for node name and attribute value
> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:51:53 +0100
>
> Hello
>
> I am stuck with the following node set expression.
> In an external document I want to find the element which name is
> 'anchor' and which attribute @name has the value
> of the variable $anchor.
>
> I tried the following expression:
>
>   ...
> 1 <xsl:for-each ...>
>   ...
> 2 <xsl:variable name="anchor" select="@anchor"/>
> 3 <xsl:variable name="anchor-node" select="$external-doc//node()[name()
> = 'my-anchor' and @name = $anchor]" />
>   ...
> 4 </xsl:for-each>
>
> --
>
> By the way can remove line 2 and just rewrite line 3 to...?
>
> 3 <xsl:variable name="anchor-node" select="$external-doc//node()[name()
> = 'my-anchor' and @name = @anchor]" />
>
> Best regards,
>
> Robert
Looks fine except that you said r=the name was "anchor" in the first bit but 
you are testing against "my-anchor" in the second paart, you can also, I 
believe, just search elements instead of all nodes by using:
select="$external-doc//*[name() = 'my-anchor' and @name = @anchor]"

--

Joe