<html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Variables View</title><link href="book.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="../book.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><meta content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0" name="generator"><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="XSL Tools User Documentation"><link rel="up" href="debugging_common.html" title="Common Debugging Operations"><link rel="prev" href="debugging_common.html" title="Common Debugging Operations"><link rel="next" href="debugging_processors.html" title="XSLT Processor Specific Support"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="XSLDebugVariables"></a>Variables View</h4></div></div></div><p> The variables view will show all the local and global variables and params that are currently in scope. There
					are two types of variables that can be views.</p><div class="mediaobject" align="center"><img src="../images/launching/nodesetVariable.png" align="middle"></div><div class="itemizedlist"><p class="title"><b>Variable Types</b></p><ul type="disc"><li><p>
							<span class="emphasis"><em>String</em></span>
							- These contain text values. This could be strings of text, numbers, or other characters.
						</p></li><li><p>
							<span class="emphasis"><em>Nodesets</em></span>
							- Nodesets are represented in the variables view as expandable variables. They contain sequences of nodes. The
							type of nodes are represented by icons for elements, attributes, text, comments or processing instructions.
						</p></li></ul></div><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Can I change the value of variables?</h3><p> Currently the XSLT Debugger does not support changing the values or contents of a variable. All XSLT
						variables are read only.</p></div></div></body></html>