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RE: parameter count in xsl:number
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: parameter count in xsl:number
- From: Kay Michael <Michael dot Kay at icl dot com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 17:54:11 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
> I'm trying to pass an element as parameter for a named
> template, to be used
> in a xsl:number expression. I use it like this :
>
> <xsl:number level="any"
> format="_1"
> count="$element"/>
>
The count attribute must be a pattern, and "$element" is not a pattern.
It sounds as if $element is a variable that contains a pattern. In general
in XSLT you can't use variables to contain expressions, patterns, or parts
thereof, you can only use them to hold strings, numbers, node-sets, and
booleans.
You can probably use count="*[name()=$element]", if you're careful about
namespaces. <xsl:number> is the one place in XSLT where variables can be
used within a predicate that forms part of a pattern.
Mike Kay
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