Re: [xsl] use variable in

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Subject: Re: [xsl] use variable in <xsl:if test= From: Matt Gushee <mgushee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 20:07:59 -0700

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On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 08:11:54PM -0700, Mike Brown wrote:

> > '*' means 'any child _element_
> > of the current context node'. At the top level of the stylesheet,
> > there are no child elements.
> 
> That's not correct. Per section 11.4 of the spec, top-level variables are
> evaluated with the source tree's root node as both the current node and the
> current node list. Therefore, with a well-formed source tree, '*' in a
> top-level variable will always be the document element.

Jeez, Mike. Do you always have to be right?

So you're right. I still have a strong hunch it isn't really what he
intended to do.

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[xsl] use variable in <xsl:if test= Robert Sösemann - Sat, 2 Mar 2002 00:21:29 +0100 Matt Gushee - Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:33:03 -0700 Mike Brown - Fri, 1 Mar 2002 20:11:54 -0700 (MST) Matt Gushee - Fri, 1 Mar 2002 20:07:59 -0700 <= Robert Sösemann - Sat, 2 Mar 2002 09:52:43 +0100 Peter Davis - Sat, 2 Mar 2002 02:18:50 -0800 Thomas B. Passin - Fri, 1 Mar 2002 18:47:25 -0500 Wendell Piez - Fri, 01 Mar 2002 18:55:41 -0500

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