Mega Code Archive
If test=ancestor
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File: Data.xml
<book>
<title>title 1</title>
<chapter>
<title>chapter 1</title>
<para>line 1</para>
<para>line 2</para>
</chapter>
<chapter>
<title>title 2</title>
<para>line 3</para>
<para>line 4</para>
</chapter>
</book>
File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no" />
<xsl:template match="para">
<xsl:if test="ancestor::appendix">
<p>
<font face="arial">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</font>
</p>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="ancestor::chapter">
<p>
<font face="times">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</font>
</p>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
title 1
chapter 1
<p><font face="times">line 1</font></p>
<p><font face="times">line 2</font></p>
title 2
<p><font face="times">line 3</font></p>
<p><font face="times">line 4</font></p>
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