Re: variable definition reuse

On Friday 22 March 2002 05:15, Laura Jenkins wrote:
> David,
> I need those variables because in the same style sheet they are used many
> times and i dont want to keep doing select="exp-date" ?also some of the
> variables need to be formatted and checked for a perticular value and stuff
> like that. so i need them to be variables.. So no having said that can how
> can i place them in a different file??
> laura

<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
  <!ENTITY common-variables SYSTEM "file-with-common-variables.xml">
]>
<xsl:stylesheet ...>
  <xsl:template match="xxx">
    &common-variables;
    <!-- use the variables... -->
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

In file-with-common-variables.xml, you can list all of the <xsl:variable>s.  
No need to have a single document element at the root.  The entity reference 
will include the file exactly as is.

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Peter Davis
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