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A way how to recover the value of global variable which has the same name as a local one
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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<data>
<chapter>Chapter A</chapter>
<chapter>Chapter B</chapter>
<chapter>Chapter C</chapter>
<chapter>Chapter D</chapter>
</data>
File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:variable name="text">Chapter</xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="/">
<TABLE>
<xsl:for-each select="//chapter">
<TR>
<TD>
<xsl:variable name="text">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="position() = 1">First chapter</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="position()=last()">Last chapter</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="$text"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:value-of select="$text"/>
<xsl:text> : </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</TD>
</TR>
</xsl:for-each>
</TABLE>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><TABLE><TR><TD>First chapter : Chapter A</TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter : Chapter B</TD></TR><TR><TD>Chapter : Chapter C</TD></TR><TR><TD>Last chapter : Chapter D</TD></TR></TABLE>
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