variables in xslt

Question

hi friends I am getting a particular value by using

<xsl:value-of select="@date" />

and i want to store this value as a variable say 'd' How can i do this and also tell me how can i use that caribale back in my template. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

<xsl:variable name="d" select="@date" />
<xsl:value-of select="$d" />

Looking through the basics might be worthwhile. ;-)

Answer 2

That would be

<xsl:variable name="date" select="@date" />

to declare a symbol referencing the node @date.

To use it later on you can reference that symbol by prefixing the name with $:

<xsl:value-of select="$date" />

Note that once the symbol is declared you cannot change its value in XSLT.