[xsl] Re:

[Johannes Döbler <jd at aztecrider dot com>]

Perhaps you can construct the variable only with a XPath expression:

<xsl:variable name="rowstyle" select="concat('myItems', 2 - (position() mod 
2))"/>

Johannes


><xsl:choose>
>    <xsl:when test="position() mod 2 = 0">
>        <xsl:variable name="rowstyle">myItems1</xsl:variable>
>    </xsl:when>
>    <xsl:otherwise>
>        <xsl:variable name="rowstyle">myItems2</xsl:variable>
>    </xsl:otherwise>
></xsl:choose>
>
>Why is this not possible?  Why is this variable not in scope outside of 
>the xsl:choose?  Is there no way for me to only do this calculation once, 
>instead of doing it everytime I need to know what rowstyle to use?
>
>Sometimes I wish XSL was more like a procedural language.
>
>Thanks.
>
>-Kevin



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