xsl:variable

[kafmil]

Does anyone know how to set a single variable using the <xsl:variable> element and then display that single variable without a for loop. I do not want an array of variables.

Thanks

 

[whichman]

consider the xml file below

------------------contacts.xml------------------------
<?xml-stylesheet type=&quot;text/xsl&quot; href=&quot;contacts.xsl&quot;?>
<contacts>
<contact>
<first>John</first>
<last>Wayne</last>
<url>

http://triton.towson.edu/~tanyan1</url>

</contact>
<contact>
<first>Tawani</first>
<last>Anyangwe</last>
<url>

http://www14.brinkster.com/textlinkt/XMLRepublic/default.htm</url>

</contact>
<contact>
<first>Francis</first>
<last>Drake</last>
<url>

http://www.whichman.com</url>

</contact>
</contacts>

------------------contacts.xsl------------------------

<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;ISO-8859-1&quot;?>
<xsl:stylesheet version=&quot;1.0&quot; xmlns:xsl=&quot;

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform&quot;>

<xsl:template match=&quot;/&quot;>
<ul><xsl:apply-templates/></ul>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match=&quot;contact&quot;>
<xsl:variable name=&quot;mycontact&quot;>
<xsl:value-of select=&quot;concat(first,' ',last)&quot;/>
</xsl:variable>
<li><a href=&quot;{url}&quot; style=&quot;font-family:verdana;font-size:8pt;&quot;>
<xsl:value-of select=&quot;$mycontact&quot;/>
</a></li>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

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