Re: [xsl] Getting the XPath of a node

[Mike Brown <mike@xxxxxxxx>]

Dennis wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Is there any way to get the XPath of a particular
> element and attribute in match template???
> 
> Say if I have following XML:
> <Person id="12345">
>   <Name>Dennis</Name>
>   <Company>Netscape</Company>
>   <Address>Mountain View</Address>
>   <Email>dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxx</Email>
> </Person>
> 
> ----The XSL to print XPath---
> <xsl:template match="Company">
> //Print the XPath of Company as /Person/Company
> </xsl:template>
> More templates corresponding to each element.
> 
> How do I do this...any thoughts???

  <xsl:for-each select="ancestor::*">
    <xsl:value-of select="concat('/',name())"/>
  </xsl:for-each>
  <xsl:value-of select="concat('/',name())"/>

If the current node is an attribute, change that last '/' to '/@'

   - Mike
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