On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Peter Giesin wrote: > <c:set var="foo" value="/a/b[1]"/> > <x:parse xml="some-xml-source" var="xml"/> > <x:out select="$xml/a/b[1]"/> > > I would like to define the "x:out" statement to use the foo variable > instead of the hard-coded xpath. Something like this: <x:out > select="$xml/$foo"/> > > I have read through the spec and various other docs, but just cannot > seem to get this working. If some one could help point me in the right > direction I would greatly appreciate it.
You can use XPath variables in XPath expressions within JSTL tags, but the syntax you're using isn't right. A variable evaluates to a value; it does not get string-interpolated into the text of your message. The expression you're looking for wouldn't be "$xml/$foo" but "$xml/*[name()=$foo]" or something similar. Shawn --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
