RE: [xsl] Accessing array variable

["Jason Macki" <jmacki at iisd dot ca>]

Hello,

I think that the problem with the value-of element in the original code
was that you didn't identify "benefit" as a variable using XPATH.  

The following searches the context node for a child node "benefit" which
has a child node "period" with an "ID" attribute equal to the variable
"BP":

<xsl:value-of select="benefit/period[@ID =$BP] "/>

You must identify "benefit" as a variable with a dollar sign, as you did
with "BP":

<xsl:value-of select="$benefit/period[@ID =$BP] "/>

- Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Srinivasan [mailto:sriandy74@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 3:22 PM
To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
Subject: Re: [xsl] Accessing array variable


Hi!Goetz,

I tried yr method but it say illegal arguments for document().
I removed document and tried, I jus get a blnk value for timePeriod.

Anand


>From: Goetz Bock <bock@blacknet.de>
>Reply-To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
>To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
>Subject: Re: [xsl] Accessing array variable
>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:32:35 +0200
>
>
>On Tue, Jun 12 '01 at 11:54, Andy Srinivasan wrote:
> > I am trying to convert XML-XML.I have declared a array variable
called
> > benefit
> > <xsl:variable name="benefit">
> > 		<period ID='12M'>1</period>
> > 		<period ID='18M'>2</period>
> > 		<period ID='24M'>3</period>
> > 		<period ID='2Y'>4</period>
> > 		<period ID='5Y'>5</period>
> > </xsl:variable>
> >
> >
> > timePeriod="<xsl:value-of select="benefit/period[@ID =$BP] "/>" 
></xsl:if>
> > [ ... ]
> > What could be the reason for this?
>It does not work this way.
>
>I assume you define the array in your XSL-T styiesheet? If yes, try it
>this way:
>
><xsl:stylesheet xmlns:local="data local to this file" ...>
>
><local:benefit>
>   <local:period ID='12M'>1</local:period>
>   ...
></local:benefit>
>.
>.
>.
>
><xsl:value-of select="document()/local:benefit/period[@ID=$BP]" />
>.
>.
>.
></xsl:stylecheet>
>
>I'm sorry if the syntax turnes out to be not quite correct, but I dont
>have any XSL-T documentation in reach.
>
>     Goetz.
><< attach3 >>

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