Re: newbie question

Hi Madhavi,
you can do the following

<xsl:variable  name  = "uContact">
   <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="your condition">
     <xsl:text>The condition is satisfied</xsl:text>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
     <xsl:text>The condition is not satisfied</xsl:text>
    </xsl:otherwise>
   </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:variable>

  <xsl:value-of select="$uContact"/>

This will set the value of the uContact based on the condition
HTH
Vasu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Madhavi Thottempudi" <madhavi(_at_)caret(_dot_)cam(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk>
To: <xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:17 AM
Subject: [xsl] newbie question


> Hi there!
> My requirement is to define a variable depending on the mode - edit or
create.
> What I am doing is:
>
>            <xsl:variable name="uContact"><xsl:value-of
> select="//request/param[(_at_)name='email']"/></xsl:variable>
>
> <xsl:if test="//request/param[(_at_)name='action']='Edit'">
> <xsl:variable name="uContact><xsl:value-of
> select="./selection/email"/></xsl:variable>
>
>
> And I must be able to use the above defined value in a table
>   <tr>
>      <td>Contact:</td>
>     <td><input type="text" name="email" size="25" maxlength="25"
> value="{$uContact"/></td>
>   </tr>
>
> My problem is the variavle I have defined in if statement is not visible
to
> the table.
> Is there any way I can just declare a variable somewhere and assign a
value
> to it where ever I want??
> Ex:  var x= "";
>        if (.....)
>          x="I am in if";
>        else
>          x="i am in else";
>
> I am not a xslt person and really struggling over this seemingly simply
> thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks
> -M
>
>
>
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