> In wrox book an implementation is given but it seems
> to be MS specific. The implementation is
>
>
> <xsl:variable name="monthnames"
> select="msxml:node-set($monthnames.tf)"/>
> ....
> ...
> <xsl:value-of select="$monthnames/*[$month]/@name"/>
>
>
> In this way monthnames variable works as an array.
> Is there such kinda standard way to access the
> variable ... do not mention xslt processor specific
> stuff. Is node-set a standard function?
>
Most processors have an implementation of this: it's become a "de facto
standard extension". The (standard) alternative is to write

<xsl:value-of
select="document('')/xsl:variable[name='monthnames']/*[$month]/@name"/>

Mike Kay


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