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Re: [xsl] When is a variable a nodeset and when isn't it?

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Simon.Fairey@xxxxxx wrote:

Given:
<xsl:template match="/all">
        <xsl:variable name="root" select="/all/data/town"/>
        <xsl:for-each select="$root/climate|$root/transportation|$root/tourism">
                <xsl:variable name="section" select="name()"/>
                <xsl:if test="$root/$section/church">

This is synatax error. According to XPath grammar, variable reference in a location path can only be at first place:
$var/what/ever.
And having variable bound to a string ($section) in a location path isn't good idea at all.
What you need proabably is
$root/*[name()=$section]/church

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