RE: Using a variable as an attribute name

> <xsl:variable name="attributeName" select="'charstyname'"/>
>  <xsl:variable name="before" select="preceding-sibling::*[1]"/>
  
>  <xsl:when test="not( $before[@$attributeName='Footnote'] )">
>    [...]
>  </xsl:when>

You can not use @$attributeName

Instead try: 
	<xsl:variable name="attributeName" select="'@charstyname'"/>
	 <xsl:variable name="before" select="preceding-sibling::*[1]"/>
  
  	<xsl:when test="not( $before[$attributeName='Footnote'] )">
    		[...]
  	</xsl:when>

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Ismaël



  


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