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For-each select=listitem[position() 1]
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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<list xml:lang="en">
<title>title 1</title>
<listitem>item 1</listitem>
<listitem>item 2</listitem>
<listitem>item 3</listitem>
<listitem xml:lang="sw">item 4</listitem>
<listitem xml:lang="en-gb">item 5</listitem>
<listitem xml:lang="zu">item 6</listitem>
<listitem xml:lang="jz">item 7</listitem>
</list>
File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title><xsl:value-of select="list/title"/></title>
</head>
<body style="font-family: sans-serif;">
<xsl:apply-templates select="list"/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="list">
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5">
<tr>
<td style="background: black; color: white;
font-weight: bold; font-size: 125%;"
width="100" align="right">
<xsl:if test="count(listitem) > 1">
<xsl:attribute name="rowspan">
<xsl:value-of select="count(listitem)"/>
</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:value-of select="title"/>
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="listitem[1]"/>
</td>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select="listitem[position() > 1]">
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>title 1</title>
</head>
<body style="font-family: sans-serif;">
<table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5">
<tr>
<td style="background: black; color: white; font-weight: bold; font-size: 125%;" width="100" align="right" rowspan="7">title 1</td>
<td>item 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>item 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>item 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>item 4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>item 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>item 6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>item 7</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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