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At 2008-02-07 16:01 -0600, Angela Williams wrote:
Moving on, how do I need to change my xpath to use pure xpath - no variables? I want to visit each /root/w node and print the correct /root/a/b/c value. I am getting the correct output, but have had to rely on variable references. The XSLT current() function points to the current node at the start of the XPath expression. I hope the example below helps. . . . . . . . . . Ken t:\ftemp>type angela.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <root> <w x="1" y="AA" z="BB">apple</w> <w x="1" y="AA" z="CC">orange</w> <a ID="1"> <b> <c d="AA">apple</c> <c d="BB">red</c> <c d="CC">crisp</c> <c d="DD">fruit</c> </b> <b> <c d="AA">orange</c> <c d="BB">orange</c> <c d="CC">juicy</c> <c d="DD">fruit</c> </b> <b> <c d="AA">banana</c> <c d="BB">yellow</c> <c d="CC">soft</c> <c d="DD">fruit</c> </b> </a> <a ID="2"> <b> <c d="AA">potato</c> <c d="BB">red</c> <c d="CC">crisp</c> <c d="DD">tuber</c> </b> </a> </root> t:\ftemp>type angela.xsl <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="2.0"> <xsl:output method="text"/> <xsl:key name="fruit" match="/root/a" use="@ID"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:apply-templates select="*/w"/> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="w"> Value: <xsl:value-of select="key('fruit', @x)/b/ c[@d = current()/@y and .=current()]/../c[@d eq current()/@z]"/>. </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="c"/> </xsl:stylesheet> t:\ftemp>xslt2 angela.xml angela.xsl con Value: red. Value: juicy. t:\ftemp> -- World-wide corporate, govt. & user group XML, XSL and UBL training RSS feeds: publicly-available developer resources and training G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 +1(613)489-0999 (F:-0995) Male Cancer Awareness Nov'07 http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/bc Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal
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