Subject: RE: Peculiar variable assignment
From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 14:42:09 +0100
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> <xsl:variable name="bbString" select="BESTBEFORE" />
> <xsl:variable name="bbMonth"
> select="document('')//foo:month[@name =
> substring-before(substring-after($bbString, ' '), ' ')]/@num" />
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> gives $bbMonth = "05" whereas:
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> <xsl:variable name="bbMonth"
> select="document('')//foo:month[@name =
> substring-before(substring-after(BESTBEFORE, ' '), ' ')]/@num" />
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> gives $bbMonth = "", as does:
In the second example BESTBEFORE is used in a predicate, so the system
expects it to be a child of the foo:month element you are examining. If you
don't want to use a variable you could write current()/BESTBEFORE
Mike K
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