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| Calculates the value of an XPath expression, converts that value to a string, and then writes the value to the result tree. | |
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None. <xsl:value-of> is an empty element. |
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<xsl:value-of> appears inside a template. |
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XSLT section 7.6.1, Generating Text with xsl:value-of. |
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We'll use the <xsl:value-of> element to generate some text. Here is our stylesheet:
<?xsl version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text"/>
<xsl:variable name="newline">
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:text>Your document contains</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="count(//*)"/>
<xsl:text> elements and </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="count(//@*)"/>
<xsl:text> attributes. </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
<xsl:text>Have a great day!</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
We'll use this XML document as input:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<report>
<title>Miles Flown in 2001</title>
<month sequence="01">
<miles-flown>12379</miles-flown>
<miles-earned>35215</miles-earned>
</month>
<month sequence="02">
<miles-flown>32857</miles-flown>
<miles-earned>92731</miles-earned>
</month>
<month sequence="03">
<miles-flown>19920</miles-flown>
<miles-earned>76725</miles-earned>
</month>
<month sequence="04">
<miles-flown>18903</miles-flown>
<miles-earned>31781</miles-earned>
</month>
</report>
Here are the results: Your document contains 14 elements and 4 attributes. Have a great day! |
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