RE: variable in xpath?

I can't place my finger on why this is slightly odd, but you could do:

<xsl:value-of select="*[name()=$child]"/>

That will give you 1 or 2 depending on whether $child is 'a' or 'b'

Dion

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Renshaw [mailto:renshaw_steve@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:42 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  variable in xpath?

I have a variable $child that holds element name as if it was
assinged by one the following:

<xsl:variable name="child" select="'a'"/>
<xsl:variable name="child" select="'b'"/>

with <element> as the context node, how do i select the contents of
either 
<a> or <b> using $child from the following fragment?

<element><a>1</a><b>2</b></element>

<xsl:template match="element">
<xsl:value-of select="... $child ..."/>
</xsl:element>

Thx

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