Hi Steve,

> with <element> as the context node, how do i select the contents of
> either <a> or <b> using $child from the following fragment?

You need to find the elements and filter them to include only those
(or that one) whose name is the same as the value of $child. You can
filter node sets with a predicate ([]s) and you can find the name of
an element with the name() function. So you need:

  *[name() = $child]

Cheers,

Jeni

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