xsl:variable xsl:copy-of select

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I have the following XML: Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3

While this XSL does what is expected (output the attr of the first picture):

It seems to be not possible to do the same inside the variable declaration using xsl:copy-of:

Curious: If I just select "$FirstPicture" instead of "$FirstPicture/@attr" in the second example, it outputs the text node of Picture 1 as expected...

Before you all suggest me to rewrite the code: This is just a simplified test, my real aim is to use a named template to select a node into the variable FirstPicture and reuse it for further selections.

I hope someone could help me to understand the behavior or could suggest me a proper way to select a node with code which could be easily reused (the decission which node is the first one is complex in my real application). Thanks.

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