On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:15:08 -0000
"Schimon Jehudah sch@xxxxxxxxxxxx"
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> Is it valid or possible to allocate XPath directives as variables and
> apply the variables as XPath directives, similarly to "eval"?
> 
> <xsl:variable name="feed-subtitle"
>               select="'atom:subtitle'"/>  
> 
> <xsl:variable name="entry-iterate"
>               select="'atom:entry'">

No, but you can have,

<xsl:template match="atom:subtitle">
  <xsl:value-of select="." />
</xsl:template>

and call it by name or implicitly with apply-templates.

In xslt 3 and 4 you can be more clever.


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