Re: [xsl] equivalent od #define

["Robert Van Gemert" <rcvangemert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

thanks, that make it cleaner

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Carlisle" <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [xsl] equivalent od #define


>   <xsl:variable name="index">2</xsl:variable>
>
> don't use variable with content unless you really mean to create a result
> tree fragment,
>
> <xsl:variable name="index" select="2"/>
>
> makes $index into the number 2 rather than a result tree fragment
> representing a document node with child text node with string content 2.
> Apart from being a lot more efficient it would mean you wiuldn't need
> number() here:
> [number($index)]
>
> David
>
>
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