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> >> <xsl:template name="foo"> > >> <xsl:param name="node"/> > >> <xsl:param name="branch" select="'someBranch'"/> <xsl:for-each > >> select="$node/$branch/leaf"> > >> <xsl:value-of select="@id" /> > >> </xsl:for-each> > >> </xsl:template> > >> > > > > This is not legal. The only place a variable reference can > appear in a > > Path Expression is at the beginning. $node is OK here, but > $branch is not. > > > > Minor follow-up, for XPath language lawyers who care: > > In XPath 2.0, $node/$branch/leaf is legal, though deserving > of at least a > warning (again, assuming $node and $branch represent > nodesets). What it does > is effectively ignore $node and return the leaf children of $branch. It's legal if the value of $branch is a sequence consisting entirely of nodes. In the example given, the value of $branch is a string, so this will give a type error. Michael Kay Software AG home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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