Re: parameter use in XPath

My brain is fried for the evening... If no one else has been able to help
with this ill take another stab in the morning (US MST).

Best regards,

M.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saverio Perugini" <sperugin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:19 PM
Subject: Re:  parameter use in XPath


> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, M. David Peterson wrote:
>
> > There are some work arounds to this issue
> > that you may find useful.  Heres one...
> >
> > <xsl:param name="keyword"/>
> > <xsl:key name="keywordMatch" match="foo" use="@bar"/>
> >
> > <xsl:template match="/">
> > <xsl:for-each select="//foo/bar">
> >     <xsl:for-each select="key(keywordMatch, $keyword)">
> >         ...
> >     </xsl:for-each>
> > </xsl:for-each>
> > </xsl:template>
>
> Thanks.  This work around
> appears to create a key named keywordMatch on all foo elements
> by the attribute bar.  It then uses this key in a double
> nested for loop to iterate through all foo elements whose
> bar attribute matches the keyword parameter input.
>
> While I am not sure how this code can be manipulated
> to help solve my problem, it appears as if
> this approach entails significantly modifying the
> search strategy in my original stylesheet (which
> was slightly complex even in the absence of this
> parameter issue).
>
> Are there any EXSLT functions capable of solving
> my problem without a significant rewrite of the
> stylesheet?
>
> Many Thanks,
> Saverio
>
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