| local-name() Function | |
| Returns the local part of the first node in the argument node-set. | |
| Inputs | |
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A node-set. If the node-set is empty, the function returns an empty string. If the node-set is omitted, the function uses a node-set with the context node as its only member. |
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| Output | |
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A string corresponding to the local name of the first element in the argument node-set. If the node-set is empty, the local-name() function returns an empty string. |
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| Defined in | |
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XPath section 4.1, Node Set Functions. |
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| Example | |
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Here is a stylesheet that uses the document() function to process all its own nodes. It then calls the local-name() function against each node.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:months="Lookup table for month names">
<months:name sequence="12">December</months:name>
<months:name sequence="01">January</months:name>
<months:name sequence="02">February</months:name>
<months:name sequence="03">March</months:name>
<months:name sequence="04">April</months:name>
<months:name sequence="05">May</months:name>
<months:name sequence="06">June</months:name>
<months:name sequence="07">July</months:name>
<months:name sequence="08">August</months:name>
<months:name sequence="09">September</months:name>
<months:name sequence="10">October</months:name>
<months:name sequence="11">November</months:name>
<xsl:output method="text"/>
<xsl:variable name="newline">
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
<xsl:text>A test of the local-name() function:</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
<xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
<xsl:for-each select="document('')//*">
<xsl:text>local-name: </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="local-name()"/>
<xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
The stylesheet generates these results: A test of the local-name() function: local-name: stylesheet local-name: name local-name: name local-name: name local-name: name local-name: name local-name: name local-name: name local-name: name local-name: name local-name: name local-name: name local-name: name local-name: output local-name: variable local-name: text local-name: template local-name: value-of local-name: text local-name: value-of local-name: value-of local-name: for-each local-name: text local-name: value-of local-name: value-of |
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