using xsl:variable in xpath

[kirangentlebreeze1987]

hello experts i wanted to know how to build xpath using xsl:varaiblethis is my sample

<xsl:variable name="nodeid"><xsl:value-of select="/employee/employeeForm/field/@nodeValue"/></xsl:variable>

<td><xsl:value-of select="/employee/employeeForm/field/@name"/></td><td><input type="text" name="id" id="{/employee/employeeForm/field/@id}" value="{$emp/employee/employeeinf/"$nodeid"}"/></td>

here i use "$nodeid" in the xpath can i use some thing like that is it possible to build such a kinda expression in xslt

[Martin Honnen]

Don't try to construct path expressions at run-time, that is not supported in pure XSLT 1.0 and 2.0. Some processors implement "evaluate" extension functions e.g. http://manual.altova.com/AltovaXML/altovax...ova_general.htm.For you purpose doing

foo/bar[local-name() = $variable]

should suffice.