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I have the following xslt code
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$parameter = 'Visibility'">
<xsl:variable name = "obs"><xsl:text>Visibility
</xsl:choose>
I am trying to access the variable obs outside choose and using it as follows
<xsl:element name = "{$obs}">
//do something
</xsl:element>
However it says obs not defined. What going wrong???? Any solution???
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by: zc2Posted on 2009-07-28 at 12:25:57ID: 24964190
Yes, the scope of a variable is limited by the block it is used in.
ion</xsl:te xt></xsl:whe n>
You can try this way:
<xsl:variable name = "obs">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$parameter = 'Visibility'">
<xsl:text>VisibilityObservat
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>