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Re: Query re variable use
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- Subject: Re: Query re variable use
- From: Richard Light <richard at light dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 14:25:04 +0100
- References: <009401bfdf6f$1858a610$0201010a@michaelnt>
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In message <009401bfdf6f$1858a610$0201010a@michaelnt>, Michael Beddow
<gll6mb@smlc01.leeds.ac.uk> writes
>Given this xml input fragment:
>
><person index="N12345">Joe Bloggs</person>
>
>I want to output
>
><a href = "names.xml?key='N12345'>Joe Bloggs</a>
>
>My current (non-working) attempt is:
>
><xsl:template match = "person">
> <xsl:variable name="myindex" select = "@index"/>
> <a href="namelist.xml?key='$myindex'"><xsl:value-of select
>="."/></a>
></xsl:template>
Use an attribute value template:
<a href="namelist.xml?key={$myindex}"><xsl:value-of select="."/></a>
Richard Light.
Richard Light
SGML/XML and Museum Information Consultancy
richard@light.demon.co.uk
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