RE: What did "template match" match?

> > > When my template matches a number of possible patterns:
> > > 
> > >     <xsl:template match=3D'X|Y'> ... </xsl:template>
> > > 
> > > Is there a way of determining the value of what was actually
> > > matched? 
> > 
> > No.
> > 
> > If you want different behavior for the two cases, split it up 
> > into two templates.
> 
> No! As Benjamin Boksa said, "name()" can do it:
> 
> <xsl:template match="todo|author|changes">
> 	<xsl:value-of select='name()'/>
> 	<xsl:element name='{name()}'>
> 		<xsl:apply-templates/>
> 	</xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
> 

That's assuming the different patterns match different names. Doesn't work
for, say

match="chapter/title | section/title"

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/