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RE: child node using variable
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: child node using variable
- From: Kay Michael <Michael dot Kay at icl dot com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 22:11:02 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
> I want to be able to deal with a child of the node "father" on the fly
> (using a variable), some thing like:
> <xsl:variable name="son" select="'older_son'"/>
> <xsl:value-of select="father/{$son}"/>
>
> Can I do that?
> ________________________________________________________________________
[Kay Michael] No. You can use variables to refer to nodes, but not
to refer to expressions or parts of expressions.
>
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