XSL Variable Assignment/Usage

Question

I have an XML file I\'m processing with XSL to build a PDF. I\'m running into an issue when I try to use an XSL variable. I\'m not sure if I\'m using it in the wrong scope,

Answer 1

If someone could please point out what I'm doing wrong

The main problem with your approach is scope. When you define a variable like this:

it exists only until you close the xsl:when element. Similarly, the other variable exists only within the xsl:otherwise tags. (If it weren't so, the two would collide, having the same name.)

and/or how to resolve it

It's hard to advise without seeing the wider picture, but couldn't you do simply:

    
        
            
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