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Use value-of to get element value from different level
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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="Transform.xslt"?>
<BOOK>
<TITLE>Jack</TITLE>
<AUTHOR>
<FIRSTNAME>Jack</FIRSTNAME>
<LASTNAME>Smith</LASTNAME>
</AUTHOR>
<BINDING>hardcover</BINDING>
<PAGES>724</PAGES>
<PRICE>$9.95</PRICE>
</BOOK>
File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/"> <!-- match the XSLT root node -->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Book Description</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H2>Book Description</H2>
<SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Author: </SPAN>
<xsl:value-of select="BOOK/AUTHOR"/><BR/>
<SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Title: </SPAN>
<xsl:value-of select="BOOK/TITLE"/><BR/>
<SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Price: </SPAN>
<xsl:value-of select="BOOK/PRICE"/><BR/>
<SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Binding type: </SPAN>
<xsl:value-of select="BOOK/BINDING"/><BR/>
<SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Number of pages: </SPAN>
<xsl:value-of select="BOOK/PAGES"/>
</BODY>
</HTML>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<TITLE>Book Description</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H2>Book Description</H2><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Author: </SPAN>
Jack
Smith
<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Title: </SPAN>Jack<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Price: </SPAN>$9.95<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Binding type: </SPAN>hardcover<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Number of pages: </SPAN>724
</BODY>
</HTML>
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