Using parameters in XSLT

If you've read some of my previous posts, you've seen examples of using parameters when calling templates.
I earlier wrote about assigning XML structures to variables. Now we are going to use a variable as parameter for a template call.

Create the variable and send it as a parameter to your template of choice:

  <!-- Given a structure like this one... -->  
  <xsl:variable name="someVariable">  
  <record>  
  <artist sex="female">Madonna</artist>  
  <title>Like a prair</title>  
  </record>  
  </xsl:variable>  
  <xsl:call-template name="targetTemplate">  
  <xsl:with-param name="string" select="$someVariable" />  
  <xsl:with-param name="attributeString" select="$someVariable/@sex"/>  
 </xsl:call-template name="targetTemplate">  
 </xsl:template>   

Grab the variable and do something that makes sense. ;)

 <xsl:template name="targetTemplate">  
  <xsl:param name="string"/>  
  <xsl:param name="attributeString"/>  
  <!-- do something -->  
  <xsl:if test="contains($attributeString, 'female')">  
   <xsl:value-of select="$string">  
  </xsl:if>  
 </xsl:template>  

Note that the variable can change its name, but the name in the "with-param" and "param" tags must match.

Happy coding!