Yes, it is possible and it is not a good design.

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.


"Zachary Turner" <divisortheory@g...> wrote in message 
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> Let's say I have a variable defined as follows:
>
> <xsl:variable name="test_variable_1" value="'test_value_A'"/>
> <xsl:variable name="test_variable_2" value="'test_value_B'"/>
> <xsl:variable name="test_variable_3" value="'test_value_C'"/>
>
> Then, somewhere else in my source document I have some elements like
> this:
>
> <some-doc-element param="2"/>
> <some-doc-element param="3"/>
> <some-doc-element param="1"/>
>
> I want to transform this into the following:
>
> <destination-element value="'test_value_B'"/>
> <destination-element value="'test_value_C'"/>
> <destination-element value="'test_value_A'"/>
>
> Essentially, this would consist of a couple steps:
>
> 1) Reading the value of the proper source element attribute
> 2) Programmatically create a string that specifies the name of the
> variable to look up
> 3) Retrieve the 'value' parameter of the variable determined in #2.
> 4) Output the value determined in #3 to the document.
>
> Step 3 is what I don't know how to do.  I have the -name- of a
> variable stored in the value of another variable, and I want to use
> that variable to find the variable with that name.
>
> Is something like this even possible?  I can make a huge if statement
> if necessary, but this seems more elegant, and easier to understand.
>
> Thanks
>