Re: testing for existence of an element - multiple var

I am working within a multiple XML input environment. I have an XML input say $doc1 within which there are several nodesets which are very similar (but different) I am trying to establish the existence of a particular nodeset $doc1//CommonSoFar/$thisone where $thisone is a variable containing the name of the element that I am testing for.

<xsl:if test="$doc1//CommonSoFar/$thisone"/> I get a compile error with an objection to the second $ . How else could I code this ?

I realise I am missing the point somewhere here but I cannot get my head round it.

Thanks.

Irene Hall
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