Re: [xsl] Trying to Extract a node with matching attribute value with xsltproc

Subject: Re: [xsl] Trying to Extract a node with matching attribute value with xsltproc
From: "BR Chrisman brchrisman@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 18:08:36 -0000
Might need to use <xsl:output method="text"/> as well.

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 7:19b/PM Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, 2024-03-23 at 01:55 +0000, ohaya ohaya@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> [...]
>
> I think what you want is simply XPath here.
>
> But with XSLT you could use,
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
>
>   <xsl:template match="/">
>     <xsl:value-of select="//Setting[@Name = 'TheOneIWant']" />
>   </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> The xsl:value-of "instruction" evalueates its argument and converts the
> result to a string (actually a "text node").
>
> The contents of the "select" attribute is an XPath expression.
>
> liam
>
>
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