You don't say what's in the variables.

If the variables hold element names, you can do

*[name()=$var1]/*[name()=$var2]

If the variables hold more than this, for example if they hold fragments of
XPath like "@att" or "following-sibling::text()" then this approach doesn't
work, you need to use an extension such as saxon:evaluate() which allows
dynamic construction of XPath expressions.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mohsen Saboorian [mailto:mohsens@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 20 June 2006 07:15
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Concatenating multiple variables in a XPath statement
> 
> Hi,
> I want to know if it is possible to make a XPath with 
> multiple variables, something like "$var1/$var2". This kind 
> of query has errors. In fact I think that placing a "/" befor 
> $ makes the problem.
> How can I use a query like this:
> <xsl:value-of select="/rootElement/body/$colName" /> or 
> <xsl:value-of select="/$var1/$var2" />
> 
> Thanks in advance.