Re: [xsl] Select attribute using a variable

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Subject: Re: Select attribute using a variable
From: Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:10:19 +0100

strawks wrote:

I have a variable named property and I want to select an attribute using
this variable.
Basically : <xsl:value-of select="/document/styles/style[@name=$style_name]/attribute::$property"/>

You cannot do it like this, as XSLTProc is saying: it is a syntax error (after the double colon should be a node name (QName) not a variable name). Instead, if you want to check the name of an attribute and then select that attribute, try this:

select="/document/styles/style[@name=$style_name]/@*[name() = $property]"

If there are more <style> nodes with an attribute "name" with the value of $style_name, this may return more than one attribute, depending on the XSLT version. If you need to do something for each <style>, use templates instead of an absolute XPath.

HTH
Cheers,
-- Abel Braaksma

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Select attribute using a variable strawks - 23 Jan 2008 10:00:04 -0000 Abel Braaksma - 23 Jan 2008 10:10:25 -0000 <= strawks - 23 Jan 2008 10:19:02 -0000

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