Subject: Re: [xsl] "fetching" elements by name with a tokenized list of names From: Georges Schmitz <georges.schmitz@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:30:54 +0100 |
Oh, that hurts! Of course, now as you mention it. Very basic thing I missed there (grrr). Thanks a lot, Georges Michael Kay wrote: > The context changes inside a predicate, so "." inside [] is not normally the > same thing as "." outside the []. "*[name()=.]" selects elements whose name > is the same as their string-value. > > Michael Kay > http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Georges Schmitz [mailto:georges.schmitz@xxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: 16 February 2007 09:47 >> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [xsl] "fetching" elements by name with a tokenized >> list of names >> >> I don't have a clue why this one works: >> >> <xsl:for-each select="tokenize($extract.element,';')"> >> <xsl:variable name="name" select="."/> >> <xsl:copy-of select="$annex/*[name()=$name]"/> >> </xsl:for-each> >> >> and this one not: >> >> <xsl:for-each select="tokenize($extract.element,';')"> >> <xsl:copy-of select="$annex/*[name()=.]"/> >> </xsl:for-each> >> >> tokenize() delivers a sequence of string tokens, so what >> makes the difference between referring to a string token in >> <xsl:for-each> by "." >> directly (the latter) or by using an intermediary variable >> (the first case)? >> >> Thanks for clearing this to me, >> Georges
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