I am very new to xsl/xslt and have a basic problem. I am
setting a style sheet color based on a condition. I'd like
the color to be a variable value, like <xsl:variable
name="statColor" select="#33cc33"> and set this variable in
the if/choose condtion. Then recall it like <span
style="color:{$statColor}"><xsl:value-of select="status"></span>
I have it like this now, but want to simplfiy it:
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="status='undelivered'"> <span
style="color:#ff0000"> <xsl:value-of
select="status"/></span> </xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="status='inprogress'"> <span
style="color:#33cc33"> <xsl:value-of
select="status"/></span> </xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="status='delivered'"> <span
style="color:#33cc33"> <xsl:value-of
select="status"/></span> </xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="status='escalated'"> <span
style="color:#33cc33"> <xsl:value-of
select="status"/></span> </xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise> <span style="color:#000000">
<xsl:value-of select="status"/></span></xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
In 2.0 you can write
<xsl:variable name="p" select="index-of(('undelivered', 'inprogress',
'delivered', 'escalated'), status)"/>
<span style="color:{('#ff0000', '#33cc33', '#33cc33', '#33cc33')[$p]}"/>
One way I sometimes do it in 1.0 is:
<xsl:template match="status[.='undelivered']"
mode="color">#ff0000</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="status[.='inprogress']"
mode="color">#33cc33</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="status[.='delivered']"
mode="color">#33cc33</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="status[.='escalated']"
mode="color">#33cc33</xsl:template>
<span>
<xsl:attribute name="style">
<xsl:text>color:</xsl:text>
<xsl:apply-templates select="status" mode="color"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</span>
Michael Kay
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