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Subject: RE: [xsl] xpath and variables From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 18:25:31 +0100 |
You can't construct dynamic XPath expressions in standard XSLT. Your options are: (a) construct the stylesheet dynamically (b) use the xx:evaluate() extension available in some products (e.g. Saxon, Xalan) Michael Kay > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Selvi Chennai > Sent: 10 June 2003 17:30 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] xpath and variables > > > Hi All, > > Help , help. > > I'm working on a XSL doc > 1) which scans XML-Doc1 to construct an Xpath -- > assigns to a variable > 2) Gets the data from XML-Doc2 based on the generated > xpath. > > Now in my XSL I need to use > > <xsl:value-of select $var1/$var2 /> > > example: > > <xsl:variable name="docdataXML" > select="document('foo.xml')/> > <xsl:variable name="path" select="//level1/level2" /> > -- Note that this is dynamically created. I've hard > coded for example > > <xsl:value-of select="$docdataXML/$path"/> > > $docdataXMl was evaluated to a nodelist. But $path > does not seem to act on it. > > Any suggestion on how to get this working is > appreciated. > > Thanks > > > Selvi. > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to > Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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