Hi,

I'm trying to reach a text in my XML file using an XSLT which contains a parameter (I enter its value externally using Javascript, I tested it works). Problem is when I write an X-Path containing value of that paramter such as:

../$language/FullName

it doesn't give any output. I also tried :

../{$language}/FullName and ../'{$language}'/FullName
still no luck. I even tried this:
<xsl:variable name="fullnamepath">
<xsl:value-of select="node(concat('../',$language,'/FullName'))"/>
</xsl:variable>
just one line above my X-path call, this gives output as text as expected, I couldn't find a way to change it to xpath.
Nothing works. When I explicitly enter the xpath such:

../English/FullName
it works (as expected).

I'd really apreciate if you can tell me a way to overcome this problem. I want to use value of my language parameter in a xpath.

Variables in XSLT represent values, not parts of expressions. It's not a macro language that works by textual substitution. If the value of $p is the string "english", then ./$p/code means ./"english"/code. You can't have a string literal in the middle of a path expression, and therefore you can't have a string-valued variable there either. In fact, it's worth remembering that there is no way in XSLT of constructing XPath expressions dynamically at run-time.

But if $p is a string, it should give you an error, not "no output".

Also, a leading "./" is always redundant.

Probably the expression you are looking for is

*[name() = $p]/code

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

Yep that's it, I just found it and came here to post my solution:

../*[name(.)=$language]/FullName

Thanks to you I now see that I don't even need to put that dot in parantheses.

The reason I said I don't get any output instead of saying 'I get error', is because I didn't get any error messages. That's maybe because my XML and XSL are parsed in a javascript code, and that the part in xsl giving error does not affect execution of the rest, maybe.

Note: Does it sound funny if I say "no output"? Shall I say 'doesn't return anything'. I'm no native english speaker.