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RE: variable in xpath?

Subject: RE: variable in xpath?
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:03:23 +0100
xsl variable to xpath
select="*[name()=$child]

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of 
> Steve Renshaw
> Sent: 11 April 2002 18:42
> 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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