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RE: variable going out of scope in a for-each loop?
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:02:51 -0000
- Subject: RE: [xsl] variable going out of scope in a for-each loop?
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> xsl fragment:
>
> <xsl:for-each select="cell">
> <xsl:if test="number(.)=number(.)">
> We have a number here
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="position() mod 2 = 0">
> mod 2 = 0!
> <xsl:variable name="aantal_uren">
> <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> </xsl:variable>
> The value of the aantal_uren is: <xsl:value-of
> select="$aantal_uren"/>||
> The value of the uur_tarief is: <xsl:value-of
> select="$uur_tarief"/>||
This is a syntax error. The variable $uur_tarief is not in scope. A variable
is in scope on the following-siblings of the xsl:variable element containing
its declaration, and on the descendants of those following siblings. You
should get no output from this stylesheet other than an error message.
Mike Kay
> </xsl:when>
> <xsl:otherwise>
> mod 2 != 0!
> <xsl:variable name="uur_tarief">
> <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> </xsl:variable>
> The value of the aantal_uren is: <xsl:value-of
> select="$aantal_uren"/>||
> The value of the uur_tarief is: <xsl:value-of
> select="$uur_tarief"/>||
> </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:if>
> ....
>
> Now, as soon as I loop form the first number containing cell
> to the next, the
> value defined in the previous-sibling seems to go out of scope viz.
> We have a number here
> mod 2 != 0!
> The value of the aantal_uren is: ||
> The value of the uur_tarief is:
> 246
> ||
> <fo:table-cell ><fo:block font-size="8pt" text-align="center">
> 246
> Here are the aantal
> And the tarief
> </fo:block></fo:table-cell>
> We have a number here
> mod 2 = 0!
> The value of the aantal_uren is:
> 135
> ||
> The value of the uur_tarief is: ||
> <...
>
> why?
> --
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> difference speed makes - and fop on linux
>
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