RE: saving in one if loop and using it in another

You can't "save" something in the course of an XSLT transformation for use
"later", because a transformation is not a sequential process. XSLT is a
declarative language, not a procedural one. You need to find a way of
expressing the output as a function of the input, not as a function of
things that happened "earlier" in the processing.

Mike Kay
Software AG

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of john smith
> Sent: 27 July 2001 21:40
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> Subject:  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?
>
> A general question would be in a for-each loop, how can I
> save the value of
> an entity in one if loop and be able to use it in another if loop..?
>
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