Normally , use the variables when the value is to be reused.Just depends on
the style of coding though.
any unwanted declarations are usually not adviced.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ragulf Pickaxe" <jawxml(_at_)hotmail(_dot_)com>
To: <xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:34 AM
Subject: RE: [xsl] Values in attributes
As far as I can tell, Mukul is the only one providing a full solution.
Though the question was only on the attribute value, the text value of the
element must also be computed to satisfy the output. If the text value can
be hardcoded, then so can the attribute, at the value is the same.
If you don't want a variable, you would have to do:
<a href="cities.php?city={city/name}"><xsl:value-of select="city/name"
/></a>
(Or only "name" instead of "city/name" if using the match criteria below)
I myself tend to use variables when the value is used more than once.
Regards, and happy new year,
Ragulf Pickaxe :)
From: "Jaime A Stuardo Bahamondes" <jstuardo(_at_)security(_dot_)cl>
Reply-To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
To: <xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Subject: RE: [xsl] Values in attributes
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:04:27 -0400
Why to use a variable? it's shorter to use {city/name} inside the HTML
attribute, or maybe I've missing something.
Jaime
<xsl:template match="/city">
<xsl:variable name="city_name" select="name" />
<a
href="cities.php?city={$city_name}"><xsl:value-of
select="$city_name" /></a>
</xsl:template>
Hope it solves the problem.
Regards,
Mukul
For example, with this piece of xml code:
<city>
<name>Sevilla</name>
</city>
generate this outputs in HTML:
<a href="cities.php?city=Sevilla">Sevilla</a>
Thanks in advance
--
Francisco de Asis Franco Eslava
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