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Subject: Re: referencing nodes via variables
From: "Sam Carleton" <scarleton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:26:54 -0400
xml referencing nodes
Michael,

Thank you, that was what I was looking for.

Sam

P.S.  I have your XSLT 2nd Edition programmer's reference book sitting
next to me, GREAT book, thanks!

On 8/30/06, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You could replace $methodID with current()/@methodID, but it's a moot point
whether that's more elegant.

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


> -----Original Message----- > From: scarleton@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:scarleton@xxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Sam Carleton > Sent: 30 August 2006 14:16 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: referencing nodes via variables > > The way things are currently coded, it works. I am wondering > if there is a better way. > > Given this xml: > > <root> > <methods> > <method id="m1" version="2"> > <name>Method 1</name> > </method> > <method id="m1" version="4"> > <name>Method 1</name> > </method> > </methods> > <schedule> > <lines> > <line methodID="m1" methodVer="2"> > <moreData>yada-yada-yada</moreData> > </line> > </lines> > </schedule> > </root> > > When processing the line element, I need to get to the name > of the method. What I am currently doing is: > > <xsl:template match="line"> > <xsl:variable name="methodID" select="@methodID"/> > <xsl:variable name="methodVer" select="@methodVer"/> > <xsl:variable name="method" > select="/root/methods/method[@id=$methodOID and > @version=$methodVer]"/> > > </xsl:template> > > Is there a more elegent way in XSLT 1.0? > > Sam

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