USING PARAMETER INSIDE XSL:TEXT

cleytonjordan · July 29th, 2005, 10:06 AM

Hi,

I cannot figure out how to use a parameter that is passed in to the xslt inside an <xsl:text> tag.

The parameter is declare like this and will contain either "," or ";"
<xsl:param name="delemeter">,</xsl:param>
or
<xsl:param name="delemeter">;</xsl:param>

This is what I have tried:

This works!! Because the comma is hard coded.
<xsl:text>",</xsl:text>

But this does not work since I am trying to use the parameter
<xsl:text>"<xsl:value-of select="$delemeter"/></xsl:text>

This does not work
<xsl:text>"{$delemeter}</xsl:text>

Cheers,

Cleyton

cleytonjordan · July 29th, 2005, 12:04 PM

Just to explain a little better what I am trying to achieve.

I am trying to build a comma delimited file using xslt (1.0 MSXML) and I have to use the <xsl:text> tag to write a comma(,). So, I am creating a file to be used in Excel.

However, since in some countries they use a comma as a decimal place, I am giving the user the option to set the delimiter character dynamically and am passing this option to the xsl as a parameter. Hence, this is how I create the parameter:

<xsl:param name="delimiter"></xsl:param>

However, I cannot figure out how to use it inside a <xsl:text> tag. I have tried both ways but they did not work.

<xsl:text>"<xsl:value-of select="$delimiter"/></xsl:text>
<xsl:text>"{$delimiter}</xsl:text>

I would appreciate if someone could help with that.

Cheers,

Cleyton

joefawcett · July 29th, 2005, 12:34 PM

How are you setting the parameter?
You can set the default as a comma:

Code:

<xsl:param name="delimiter" select="','"/>

You can then use:

Code:

<xsl:text>"some text"<xsl:value-of select="$delimiter"/></xsl:text>

But you'll need to set the parameter externally before running the transform.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

cleytonjordan · July 29th, 2005, 01:14 PM

Hi Joe,

I can set the paremeter fine. However, when I try to use the parameter within the <xsl:text> tag the parser throws an error saying that we cannot use a
<xsl:value-of select="$delimiter"/> there. That is the problem I have.

Cheers,

Claduio

joefawcett · July 29th, 2005, 01:32 PM

Sorry, not paying attention. xsl:text can only contain text. You need to restyle your stylesheet to be like:

Code:

<xsl:text>"some text"</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="$delimiter"/><xsl:text>"some more text"</xsl:text>

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

mhkay · July 29th, 2005, 04:39 PM

Use <xsl:text>"</xsl:text> for fixed text.
Use <xsl:value-of select="$delimiter"/> for variable text.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

cleytonjordan · July 29th, 2005, 07:30 PM

Hi Joe and Michael,

Thanks for you help.

For some reason I cannot remember right now, I had to write the comma inside a <xsl:text> tag. I think that is the only way I got it to work in Excel.

But I will give it a try again and see what happens.

Cheers,

Cleyton