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Asked: 2026-05-12T16:05:06+00:00

See xslt to operate on element value before displaying? for the original XML and

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See xslt to operate on element value before displaying? for the original XML and XSL. I got an answer to my question there.

My other question on this same XML/XSL is: if I would like to capture the value of an element (such as the “title” element) in an XSL local variable, and then operate on it, how do I capture that value and assign it to a variable? I have the feeling it has something to do with XSL “param”, but I am not sure.

So, on that same code, what is the minimal change to the XSL so that I’ll have the value of title in a variable?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You use the xsl:variable statement to create a variable. Either of the following will work

    <xsl:variable name="cdtitle"><xsl:value-of select="title"/></xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="cdtitle" select="title"/>

    They statement in this case would have to be within the loop.

    To use the variable, you can then just do this, assuming the variable is in scope.

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

    Please note, despite the name, xsl:variables are not variable. Once set, they cannot be changed. You would have to create a new variable with a new name if you wanted to modify the value.

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