Re: How to create a link with the value of node-set

I wish to generate an url  from the value of one atrribute of the xml
file. I've to transform this value to parse from the .xml to .html. I
attemp that using the follow sentences:
<xsl:variable name= link>
<xsl:value-of select="concat(substring-first(var1,'.'),'.html')"/>
where var1=fichero.xml
</xsl:variable>
<a href="<xsl:value-of select="link"/> link1 </a>

Your code is indeed not well-formed nor valid.
Firstly, remember that XSLT is based on XML. Each and every XSL document must be well-formed XML. All attribute values must be surrounded by quotes.

Furthermore, your code has two small error in Xpath expressions ('substring-first' must be 'substring-before' and when calling a variable, its name must be preceded by a dollar sign) and one major conceptual error:
You cannot possibly nest elements inside an attribute.
You can go two two ways to solve this:

#1 Use an Attribute Value Template (AVT):
	<a href="{$link}"> link1 </a>

#2 Use 'xsl:attribute':
<a>
	<xsl:attribute name="href">
		<xsl:value-of select="$link"/>
	</xsl:attribute>
	<xsl:text> link1 </xsl:text>
</a>

<xsl:variable name="link">
	<xsl:value-of select="concat(substring-before($var1,'.'),'.html')"/>
</xsl:variable>

regards,
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Joris Gillis (http://users.telenet.be/root-jg/me.html)
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