Subject: RE: XSLT: conversion: string variable to selection pattern
From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 13:57:47 +0100
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> <xml:template name="myTemplate" match="$myString">
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> The above syntax doesn't work; is there a way to explicitly
> convert my string variable into a reference pattern
No. There is no way to construct an expression or pattern in XSLT at
run-time, any more than there is in (say) C or C++. XSLT is not a reflexive
language, the stylesheet has no access to itself.
If you really need this, the only solution is to generate a stylesheet and
then execute it.
Mike Kay
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