Re: using variable in mode attribute

I have the following code which does not work.
if I replace the mode="$BID" with mode="id1" in line 4, it works.
so my question is
does the mode attribute take a variable?

if it does not, what should I do?

<xsl:template match="B[@id = 'id1']" mode="id">
...
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="B[@id = 'id2']" mode="id">
...
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="id('id1')" mode="id">
...
</xsl:template>

Cheers,
Wendell

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