RE: treat a string into a variable name

> I have some variables: $day1date, $day2date.....$day7date.  I have a
> template that takes an integer argument "$n" and creates the correct
> variable name.  I store the variable name like this:
> 
> <xsl:variable name="temp">$day<xsl:value-of 
> select="$n"/>date</xsl:variable>
> 

Forget it, XSLT is not a reflexive language, and its variables are not
textual macros. The value of a variable must be a string, a number, a
boolean, or a node-set; it can't be a fragment of XPath syntax.

Mike Kay

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