On Nov 9, 2007 3:19 PM, Florent Georges <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>
>   Hi
>
> >   <xsl:variable name="sections-list">
> >     <args>
> >       <arg>C.8.7.1.1.2</arg>
> >       <arg>C.8.14.1.1</arg>
> >     </args>
> >   </xsl:variable>
>
> >   <xsl:template match="article">
> >     <xsl:param name="extract-section"/>
> >     <el>
> >       <xsl:value-of select="$extract-section"/>
> >     </el>
> >   </xsl:template>
>
> >   <xsl:template match="/">
> >     <e>
> >       <xsl:for-each select="$sections-list/args/arg">
> >         <xsl:apply-templates select="article">
> >           <xsl:with-param name="extract-section" select="."/>
> >         </xsl:apply-templates>
> >       </xsl:for-each>
> >     </e>
> >   </xsl:template>
> > </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>   The context changes within the for-each.  You can either keep a
> reference to the nodes you want to apply templates to, or instead use
> the variable in the template rule, depending on what is semantically
> better:
>
>     <!--
>         If you want a list of strings, use a list of strings.
>     -->
>     <xsl:variable name="sections-list" as="xs:string+" select="
>         'C.8.7.1.1.2', 'C.8.14.1.1'"/>
>
>     <xsl:template match="article">
>        <xsl:param name="extract-section" as="xs:string"/>
>        <el>
>           <xsl:value-of select="$extract-section"/>
>        </el>
>     </xsl:template>
>
>     <xsl:template match="/">
>        <e>
>           <xsl:variable name="a" as="element()+" select="article"/>
>           <xsl:for-each select="$sections-list">
>              <xsl:apply-templates select="$a">
>                 <xsl:with-param name="extract-section" select="."/>
>              </xsl:apply-templates>
>           </xsl:for-each>
>        </e>
>     </xsl:template>
>
> or:
>
>     <xsl:template match="article">
>        <xsl:for-each select="$sections-list">
>           <el>
>              <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>           </el>
>        </xsl:for-each>
>     </xsl:template>
>
>     <xsl:template match="/">
>        <e>
>           <xsl:apply-templates select="article"/>
>        </e>
>     </xsl:template>

Hi Florent,

  As far as I understand in both case I am loosing '.' from the XML I
am parsing. In both case the for-each make me loose the current node
from the XML I am parsing.

Thanks,
-- 
Mathieu