xls:variable

[zedlitz]

I´am trying to create a variable in a xlst stylesheetlike <xsl:variable name="myvar" select="'mytext'"/> (works fine)but I need to give the variable myvar the value</text> insted of the value mytextbut whenever I insert <> in my editor it expect a keyword, is there any way where I can bypass this behaivor or should I do it differently.What I´am looking for is a way to escape the special meaning of <>

[boen_robot]

You can escape those characters by writing "<" and ">" for < and > respectively. And you can (and must) write ampersand (&) as "&".BTW, if you're thinking of using XSLT procedurally (creating "<text>", doing something, creating "</text>"), I suggest you look further into using XSLT templates instead.

[zedlitz]

What i Need is to have a variable with the content of <EtPoname> and </EtPoname> but the characthers <> are giving problems because xml translate this as a command when assigning this value to a variableTIA

[boen_robot]

What i Need is to have a variable with the content of <EtPoname> and </EtPoname> but the characthers <> are giving problems because xml translate this as a command when assigning this value to a variableTIA

I got that, and I told you the solution already: escape them as I showed above... jees... do I have to spell it all out?

<xsl:variable name="myvar" select="'<mytext>'"/>

[zedlitz]

Sorry, I misunderstood your answer, now I understand what you ment. Thanks for the help/XMLnewbie