Re: Iteration

> I'm trying to use XSL to parse XML to PROLOG, and cannot find
> a means of iterating over every element.

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="//*"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*">
  <!-- stuff to do for each element here -->
</xsl:template>

or, since //foo is inefficient,

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*">
  <!-- stuff to do for each element here -->
  <!-- when done, go process this element's child elements -->
  <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="text()|comment()|processing-instruction|@*"/>

> Is it possible, say,
> to use XSL without additional ECMA/VB-/J-/JavaScript scripting
> to display every element and it's attributes?

Replace <!-- stuff to do... --> with the appropriate code, depending on
the output you want. Example:

<xsl:value-of select="concat(name(),': ',text(),'&#xA;')"/>
<xsl:for-each select="@*">
  <xsl:value-of select="concat('   ',name(),': ',text(),'&#xA;')"/>
</xsl:for-each>

would give you something like:

element1: text1
  attribute1a: value1a
  attribute1b: value1b
element2: text2
  attribute2a: value2a
element3: text3

etc.

   - Mike
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