RE: variable going out of scope in a for-each loop?

>      <xsl:for-each select="cell">
>          <xsl:if test="number(.)=number(.)">
>            We have a number here 
>          <xsl:choose>
>            <xsl:when test="position() mod 2 = 0">
>              mod 2 = 0!
>              <xsl:variable name="aantal_uren">
>                <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>              </xsl:variable>
>              The value of the aantal_uren is: <xsl:value-of 
> select="$aantal_uren"/>||
>              The value of the uur_tarief is: <xsl:value-of 
> select="$uur_tarief"/>||
>            </xsl:when>

Oops, $aantal_uren is gone :(

>            <xsl:otherwise>
>              mod 2 != 0!
>              <xsl:variable name="uur_tarief">
>                <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>              </xsl:variable>
>              The value of the aantal_uren is: <xsl:value-of 
> select="$aantal_uren"/>||

Here must be syntax error - unresolved variable reference.

> Now, as soon as I loop form the first number containing cell to 
> the next, the 
> value defined in the previous-sibling seems to go out of scope viz.
Moreover, a scope of local variable is its parent element boundaries, so when you declare variable within <xsl:when> element, you lose it after </xsl:when> end tag.

> why?
Perhaps because the processor you are using is trying to be xslt1.0 rec compliant :)

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Oleg Tkachenko,
Multiconn International, Israel 


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