Re: [xsl] xsl:variable within xsl:choose. Why doesn't that work? And what does?

[Michael Strasser <M dot Strasser at myrealbox dot com>]

Ingo Schildmann wrote:

> <xsl:variable name="aVar">
>    <xsl:choose>
>         <xsl:when test="do a test">
>                 <xsl:value-of select="'when var'"/>
>         </xsl:when>
>         <xsl:otherwise>
>                 <xsl:value-of select="'otherwise var'"/>
>         </xsl:otherwise>
> 
>    </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:variable>
> <xsl:value-of select="$aVar"/>

Just to be picky, why use:

  <xsl:value-of select="'when var'"/>

when

  <xsl:text>when var</xsl:text>

is simpler and probably more efficient?

-- 
Michael Strasser
Brisbane, Australia

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