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RE: using an attribute's value as input for value-of?

Subject: RE: using an attribute's value as input for value-of?
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:20:25 -0000
xsl when input attribute value
Look for extension functions such as saxon:evaluate() or
saxon:evaluate-node().

The details depend on your chosen XSLT processor. This can't be done in
standard XSLT.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakob Fix [mailto:jakob.fix@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 22 February 2005 15:08
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  using an attribute's value as input for value-of?
> 
> I would like to use the value of an attribute which contains an
> Expression as the input for an value-of.  Like this:
> 
> 
> input xml
> ...
> <elt attr=".//elta|.//eltb"/>
> ...
> 
> 
> xsl stylesheet
> ...
> <xsl:value-of select="@attr"/>
> ...
> 
> In this case, I know, the actual output will be ".//elta|.//eltb". 
> How must I proceed to get the expression evaluated, and the resulting
> value be output instead?
> 
> 
> 
> cheers,
> -- 
> Jakob.

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