<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>