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Re: syntax question: using a variable inside format-number()
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- Subject: Re: syntax question: using a variable inside format-number()
- From: "Alex Aguilar" <alex at pasofijo dot com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:12:10 -0800
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Interesting, so if I were using Saxon I could have done the following :
<xsl:value-of
select="format-number(saxon:evaluate(/AssetAnalyzer/$curcat),'#00%')"/>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kay Michael" <Michael.Kay@icl.com>
To: <xsl-list@mulberrytech.com>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 3:36 AM
Subject: RE: syntax question: using a variable inside format-number()
> > select="format-number(concat('/AssetAnalyzer/',$curcat),'#00%')"/>
> >
> > I believe will work.
>
> It won't. There is no way in standard XSLT 1.0 of constructing an XPath
> expression from a string and then evaluating it.
>
> Saxon has extension functions saxon:expression() and saxon:evaluate()
>
> Mike Kay
>
>
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