In article <ffa5071b.0405030927.1c089691@p...>,
Gadrin77 <gadrin7@a...> wrote:

% as a newbie to XSL, is it possible to mimic a SELECT/CASE statement
% using
% XSL?

Yes.

% I tried a quickie and I kept getting errors either using PARAM or
% WITH-PARAM
% in the wrong place or VARIABLE.

With is nothing to do with the former question. Yes, there's something
like a select (xsl:choose), and no, it doesn't change the scoping
rules for variables.

 <xsl:variable name='xsl-var1'>
    <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test='$class = 1'><xsl:text>10</xsl:text></xsl:if>
       <xsl:otherwise><xsl:text>20</xsl:text></xsl:if>
    </xsl:choose>
 </xsl:variable name='xsl-var1'>

% I'm not sure the value of a XSL:VARIABLE can be redefined.

It can't be. You can get the same effect using parameters and
recursive template calls. You could also use recursive calls to
solve your initial problem.

    <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test='$class = 1'>
          <xsl:call-template name='guts'>
             <xsl:with-param name='xsl-var1' select='10'/>
             <xsl:with-param name='xsl-var2' select='11'/>
          </xsl:call-template>
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>
          <xsl:call-template name='guts'>
             <xsl:with-param name='xsl-var1' select='20'/>
             <xsl:with-param name='xsl-var2' select='21'/>
          </xsl:call-template>
       <'xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>

then you'd use the parameters in a template called guts.
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Patrick TJ McPhee
East York  Canada
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