RE: [xsl] Getting name of and element

Subject: RE: [xsl] Getting name of and element
From: "Ragulf Pickaxe" <jawxml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:05:32 +0000
Well, first it seems that I am a bit slow, perhaps :(

I did write "name()" in my code, not just "name" as I did here.

The problem with when to use the differnt XPath(?) expressions is that I don't know what is legal and what isn't. Or even worse, I don't know which effect any expression but the simplest has, and if the result is nothing, I don't know what is wrong and therefore not how to correct it.
I have not seen any tutorials that can give me any good understanding of this (me being slow and all that).


I have tried erading the posts on this list, but it seems that you realy have totry things out yourself before you find that you can't do them like you want to :(

Well, I did find the name of my root-element and my code works now, using your answers here. Thank you all for your patience.

Ragulf Pickaxe :)

From: "Chris Bayes" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: RE: [xsl] Getting name of and element
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 12:46:15 -0000

Ragulf,
I think this is an off topic question. Maybe the opticians list can help
you ;-)
Your code
XXX<xsl:value-of select="name"/>YYY <br/>
My code
   <xsl:value-of select="name()" />

> By the way, is there a diffrence between
> <xsl:template match="/"> that I use and
> <xsl:template match="/*"> that you use?
>
Mike/David just answered that although not that *specific* question
Mike> "/*" selects all the ELEMENT children of the root node (in a
well-formed document there will be exactly one)
David> I used * rather than an explicit name as (I think I remember)
that you explictly said that the top level element may have one of
several names in your situation.

Ciao Chris

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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Ragulf Pickaxe > Sent: 16 November 2001 12:11 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [xsl] Getting name of and element > > > Well, the problem is that I actually have code that tries to > do this like: <xsl:template match="/"> XXX<xsl:value-of > select="name"/>YYY <br/> ... Which output in the start of the > result: XXXYYY (meaning that it doesn't get any value, but > the rest of the document is > output, so there does exist nodes). > > What is wrong here? > > > By the way, is there a diffrence between > <xsl:template match="/"> that I use and > <xsl:template match="/*"> that you use? > > Hope you can help me > Ragulf :) > > > > >From: "Chris Bayes" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: RE: [xsl] Getting name of and element > >Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:27:48 -0000 > > > >Pickaxe, > ><?xml version="1.0" ?> > ><test att1="" att2="" att3=""> > ></test> > > > ><?xml version="1.0"?> > ><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" > >xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";> > > <xsl:output method = "html" encoding="Windows-1252" /> > > > > <xsl:template match="/*"> > > <html> > > <head></head> > > <body>My top level element is <xsl:value-of > >select="name()" /><br/> > > It's attributes are <xsl:for-each > >select="@*"> > > <xsl:value-of select="name()" /> > > </xsl:for-each> > > </body> > > </html> > > </xsl:template> > ></xsl:stylesheet> > > > >Ciao Chris > > > >XML/XSL Portal > >http://www.bayes.co.uk/xml > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > XSL-List info and > archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > >


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