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Subject: Re: Value of variable not appearing in the <xsl:otherwise> of xml:choose
From: "Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 22:37:35 -0000
Re:  Value of variable not appearing in the  <xsl:other
On Tue, 2021-09-21 at 18:59 +0000, Terry Ofner tdofner@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Liam,
> 
> I tried as="xs:stringb and the attribute shortcut you indicated, but
> got the same empty result. 
> As noted in my response to my own query, I changed the for-each-
> group() to group-starting-with, which put parts 2 and 3 in the same
> xsl:when part of the xsl:choose, allowing me to access the variable.

Yeah, i see, the variable's value depends on a div's @class that won't
be there when  you're in othe otherwise case.

(i tend to focus on unusual constructs first, before looking more
deeply)

However, using  as= attributes on variables,  functions, params, is
generally  a good idea & will catch a lot of bugs quickly :)

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