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Re: child node using variable
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- Subject: Re: child node using variable
- From: "xsl list" <xsl_list at hotmail dot com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 14:24:22 EDT
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><father>
> <older_son>Bob</older_son>
> <younger_son>Peter</younger_son>
></father>
>
>I want to be able to deal with a child of the node "father" on the fly
>(using a variable), some thing like:
><xsl:variable name="son" select="'older_son'"/>
><xsl:value-of select="father/{$son}"/>
I found a solution, this seems to work:
<xsl:variable name="son" select="'older_son'"/>
<xsl:value-of select="father/*[name()=$son]"/>
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