AW: '<' and '>' in the value of a variable

Hello Ming,

you don't tell us why you think you need to do this, so my first advice is,
write it as:

<b><xsl:value-of select="'Article: '"/></b>

This is much simpler and it is working. (even simpler is: <b>Article: </b>)


In the case you want to calculate the formatting somehow in the stylesheet,
or pass it in as a parameter, try:

<xsl:variable name="bold">b</xsl:variable>

<xsl:element name="{$bold}">
  <xsl:value-of select="'Article: '"/>
</xsl:element>


Hope this helps,
Markus
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Von: 	Ming Yu
Gesendet: 	Donnerstag, 31. Juli 2003 18:43
An: 	xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: 	 '<' and '>' in the value of a variable

Hi,

I'm thinking about putting one of my html tag (bold) in the variable like this:

<xsl:variable name="bold" select="'&lt;b&gt;'"/>
<xsl:variable name="endbold" select="'&lt;/b&gt;'"/>

And then, in the output, I use the values like this:
<xsl:value-of select="$bold"/><xsl:value-of select="'Article: 
'"/><xsl:value-of select="$endbold"/>

But the problem is that, when it prints out on the browser, it prints out 
<b> and </b> instead of making the "Article:" string bold.

And I cannot put '<' and '>' directly in my variables.

Do you have any suggestion how I might be able to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Ming



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