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== Computed Elements ==
 
== Computed Elements ==
 
Returns dynamically named elements:
 
Returns dynamically named elements:
<pre class="brush:xquery">let $name:= "Element1"
+
<pre class="brush:xquery">let $name:= "element"
 
let $class := "hi"
 
let $class := "hi"
let $contents :=<foo><br />Bar!</foo>
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let $contents := <foo><br />Bar!</foo>
 
return element { $name } {
 
return element { $name } {
 
   attribute { "about" } { $class }, $contents
 
   attribute { "about" } { $class }, $contents
 
}
 
}
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
The result is an element named "Element1":
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The result is an element named "element":
 
<pre class="brush:xml">
 
<pre class="brush:xml">
<Element1 about="hi">
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<element about="hi">
 
   <foo>
 
   <foo>
 
     <br/>Bar!</foo>
 
     <br/>Bar!</foo>
</Element1>
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</element>
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
 
[[Category:XQuery]]
 
[[Category:XQuery]]

Revision as of 02:30, 24 January 2011

This page contains code snippets that mainly originate from our basex-talk mailing list.

Computed Elements

Returns dynamically named elements:

let $name:= "element"
let $class := "hi"
let $contents := <foo><br />Bar!</foo>
return element { $name } {
  attribute { "about" } { $class }, $contents
}

The result is an element named "element":

<element about="hi">
  <foo>
    <br/>Bar!</foo>
</element>