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RE: Variables in select attributes
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: Variables in select attributes
- From: Kay Michael <Michael dot Kay at icl dot com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:53:13 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
> <xsl:value-of select="count(//$curr_name)"/>
>
> Seems pretty straight forward.
You've fallen into the trap of thinking that variables are macros. I suspect
this happens to people who recognize the "$" sign as something they've used
in various job control or shell languages. You can't substitute variables
textually into an XPath expression, any more than in Java you could write
String op = "+";
int result = 2 op 2;
Mike Kay
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