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Yes, I see now, so I should do: substring(current(), 1, 3) in order to make these two methods result the same? --Jim -----Original Message----- From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 1:50 PM To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Function within an expression > > It should be possible to do like your example (I think :) but it's > definitively possible to create a "local" variable related to current > node: > > <xsl:for-each select="$lines"> > <xsl:variable name="type" select="substring(., 1, 3)"/> > <record> > <xsl:apply-templates select="$field_definitions/*[@type > = $type]"/> > ... > </record/> > </xsl:for-each> > Yes, you can do this, and you can also do <xsl:for-each select="$lines"> > <record> > <xsl:apply-templates select="$field_definitions/*[@type = substring(., 1, 3)]"/> > ... > </record/> > </xsl:for-each> but they aren't the same thing, because the meaning of "." within a predicate is different from its meaning outside the predicate. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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