Re: AW: '<' and '>' in the value of a variable

The reason I need to do this is because I have a template function like this:

<xsl:template name="printRawData">
    <xsl:param name="field_label"/>
    <xsl:param name="field"/>
    <xsl:param name="html"/>
    <xsl:param name="bold"/>
    <xsl:param name="endbold"/>
    <xsl:param name="return"/>

    <xsl:if test="string-length($field) &gt; 0">
        <xsl:value-of select="$bold"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="$field_label"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="$endbold"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="xmlconf:convertLWWEntities($field)"/>
    </xsl:if>
    <xsl:value-of select="$return"/>

</xsl:template>

Sometimes, I need to make the field name bold if it's an html output. If 
it's just a plain text output, I don't need to bold the field name.  The 
same for the return (if it's plain text, I need <xsl:text> tag, otherwise, 
I need <br/>)
I'm thinking about using if statement to do this but don't know if there is 
a better way.
Thanks.

Ming

At 07:44 PM 7/31/2003 +0200, you wrote:
> Hello Ming,
>
> you don't tell us why you think you need to do this, so my first advice is,
> write it as:
>
> <b><xsl:value-of select="'Article: '"/></b>
>
> This is much simpler and it is working. (even simpler is: <b>Article: </b>)
>
>
> In the case you want to calculate the formatting somehow in the stylesheet,
> or pass it in as a parameter, try:
>
> <xsl:variable name="bold">b</xsl:variable>
>
> <xsl:element name="{$bold}">
>   <xsl:value-of select="'Article: '"/>
> </xsl:element>
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Markus
> __________________________
> Markus Abt
> Comet Computer GmbH
> http://www.comet.de
>
>
> ----------
> Von:    Ming Yu
> Gesendet:       Donnerstag, 31. Juli 2003 18:43
> An:     xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
> Betreff:        [xsl] '<' and '>' in the value of a variable
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm thinking about putting one of my html tag (bold) in the variable like 
> this:
> <xsl:variable name="bold" select="'&lt;b&gt;'"/>
> <xsl:variable name="endbold" select="'&lt;/b&gt;'"/>
>
> And then, in the output, I use the values like this:
> <xsl:value-of select="$bold"/><xsl:value-of select="'Article:
> '"/><xsl:value-of select="$endbold"/>
>
> But the problem is that, when it prints out on the browser, it prints out
> <b> and </b> instead of making the "Article:" string bold.
>
> And I cannot put '<' and '>' directly in my variables.
>
> Do you have any suggestion how I might be able to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ming
>
>
>
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