Mega Code Archive

 

Categories / XML Tutorial / XSLT StyleSheet

 

Define and use variable

File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <addressbook>   <address>     <name>       <title>Ms.</title>       <first-name>Jack</first-name>       <last-name>Smith</last-name>     </name>     <street>707 Main Way</street>     <city>New York</city>     <state>ME</state>     <zip>00218</zip>   </address> </addressbook> File: Transform.xslt <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">   <xsl:output method="text" indent="no" />   <xsl:strip-space elements="*" />   <xsl:variable name="newline">     <xsl:text></xsl:text>   </xsl:variable>   <xsl:template match="/">     <xsl:for-each select="addressbook/address">       <xsl:sort select="name/last-name" />       <xsl:value-of select="name/title" />       <xsl:text> </xsl:text>       <xsl:value-of select="name/first-name" />       <xsl:text> </xsl:text>       <xsl:value-of select="name/last-name" />       <xsl:value-of select="$newline" />       <xsl:value-of select="street" />       <xsl:value-of select="$newline" />       <xsl:value-of select="city" />       <xsl:text>, </xsl:text>       <xsl:value-of select="state" />       <xsl:text>  </xsl:text>       <xsl:value-of select="zip" />       <xsl:value-of select="$newline" />     </xsl:for-each>   </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: Ms. Jack Smith707 Main WayNew York, ME  00218