RE: syntax question: using a variable inside format-number()

function expression(context_node, xpath) {
 return context_node.item(0).selectNodes(xpath);
}

From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: RE: syntax question: using a variable inside format-number()
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:36:52 -0000

> 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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