RE: [xsl] saving in one if loop and using it in another

["john smith" <john_smith73 at hotmail dot com>]

Thanks a lot, Paul. It works...


>From: "Clapham, Paul" <pclapham@core-mark.com>
>Reply-To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
>To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
>Subject: RE: [xsl] saving in one if loop and using it in another
>Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:30:35 -0700
>
>You could use a variable, but setting it up inside the for-each would be a
>bad idea for several reasons.  First, you talk as if the for-each were a
>loop that was executed for position 1, 2, and so on.  That isn't guaranteed
>to be the case, and it's unhelpful to think of it that way.  And second, 
>the
>variable is going to be out of scope.  Fortunately, your requirement can
>easily be recast as "I want to use the first INPUT/*/descendant::* 
>element",
>so you could create a variable before the for-each:
>
><xsl:variable name="first" select="name(INPUT/*/descendant::*[1])"/>
>
>and also before the for-each do everything you wanted to do for the "first"
>element:
>
><PATH>
>   <xsl:value-of select="$first"/>
></PATH>
>
>after which your for-each reduces to
>
><xsl:for-each select="INPUT/*/descendant::*">
>   <xsl:element name="APPLY">
>     <xsl:if test="position() != 1">
>       %%%%%%%%%%
>     </xsl:if>
>   </xsl:element>
></xsl:for-each>
>
>If my XPaths aren't quite right, I apologize and provide the excuse in
>advance that I would likely have to debug it for a while to get it right.
>No doubt the experts can fix it up if you can't.  But I don't know your
>exact requirements, so at least this may lead you towards the light.
>
>PC2
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: john smith [mailto:john_smith73@hotmail.com]
>Sent: July 27, 2001 13:40
>To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
>Subject: [xsl] saving in one if loop and using it in another
>
>
>Given the following:
>
><xsl:for-each select="INPUT/*/descendant::*">
>   <xsl:element name="APPLY">
>     <xsl:if test="position() != 1">
>       %%%%%%%%%%
>     </xsl:if>
>     <xsl:if test="position() = 1">
>       <PATH>
>         <xsl:value-of select="(name())"/>
>       </PATH>
>     </xsl:if>
>   </xsl:element>
></xsl:for-each>
>
>I want to save the name of the node inside the position() = 1 if loop  and
>be able to use its value in the %%%%%%%%%% line (where the position() is !=
>1)....How can I do it? Can I use the <xsl:variable> or <xsl:param> to save
>the name of the node and then use it? If so, how?
>
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