RE: [xsl] How to access an array from a node-set variable

["Andrew Welch" <ajwelch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> This is my data:
>
> <Date>2004-08-02</Date>
>
> Which I would like to display as follows:
>
> 02 ao{t 2004
>
> I have placed an array of French month names in a node-set:
>
> <xsl:variable name="FrenchMonth">
>     <MonthNames>
>         <MonthName MonthNumber="01">janvier</MonthName>
>         <MonthName MonthNumber="02">f&#233;vrier</MonthName>
>         <MonthName MonthNumber="03">mars</MonthName>
>         <MonthName MonthNumber="04">avril</MonthName>
>         <MonthName MonthNumber="05">mai</MonthName>
>         <MonthName MonthNumber="06">juin</MonthName>
>         <MonthName MonthNumber="07">juillet</MonthName>
>         <MonthName MonthNumber="08">aou&#251;t</MonthName>
>         <MonthName MonthNumber="09">septembre</MonthName>
>         <MonthName MonthNumber="10">octobre</MonthName>
>         <MonthName MonthNumber="11">novembre</MonthName>
>         <MonthName MonthNumber="12">d&#233;cembre</MonthName>
>         </MonthNames>
> </xsl:variable>
>
> And I created the following template:
>
> <xsl:template name="FrenchDate">
>     <xsl:variable name="year" select="substring-before(., '-')"/>
>     <xsl:variable name="month" select="substring(.,6,2)"/>
>     <xsl:variable name="day" select="substring(.,9,2)"/>
>         <xsl:value-of select="$day"/>
>         <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
>         <xsl:value-of
> select="exsl:node-set($FrenchMonth)/MonthName[@MonthNumber=$month]"/>
>         <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
>         <xsl:value-of select="$year"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Which I attempt to call as follows:
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
>     <xsl:for-each select="//Date">
>         <xsl:call-template name="FrenchDate"/>
>         <br/>
>     </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
>
> How come it doesn't work?

Because you've used:

 <xsl:value-of
select="exsl:node-set($FrenchMonth)/MonthName[@MonthNumber=$month]"/>

And you variable definition is:

 <xsl:variable name="FrenchMonth">
  <MonthNames>
    <MonthName MonthNumber="01">janvier</MonthName>

..so you've left out <MonthNames> in the path.  Correct that and it all should
work fine.

cheers
andrew