Try

<xsl:variable name="colr" select="'#FFCCCC'" />

OR

<xsl:variable name="colr" select="string('#FFCCC')" />

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Thoen [mailto:bthoen@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 3:48 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  How to use a variable for bgcolor?


How can I use an XSLT variable to be used as background color in
an html table? The '#' in the color definition is giving me fits.
For example, if I define a variable like so:

<xsl:variable name="colr" select="#FFCCCC"/>

and then try to use it like so:

<td bgcolor="{$colr}">

I get an error complaining about the '#' character. How can I
define bgcolors as variables or am I going about it all wrong?
(I'm pretty new to XSLT.)

TIA,
- Bill THoen

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