> <xsl:template name="MY_TEMPLATE">
>        <xsl:param name="t" />
>        <xsl:value-of select="p/c[$t]/@y]" />
> </xsl:template>
>
> However that obviously doesn't work.

how about:

select="p/c[@*[name() = $t]]/@y"



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