Looping through multiple elements

[danylo13]

Hi,

I'm new to XML and what I have an XML document with the following strucure:
<TOP>
<Header>
<Subheader>
...
<Subheader>
</Header>
...
<Header>
<Subheader>
...
<Subheader>
</Header>
</TOP>
What I'm trying to do is loop through each header and print out all the subheaders it has.
If I use <xsl:for-each select="TOP/Header"> then <xsl:value-of select="subheader"/> it only prints out the first subheader. How do I get it to print all the subheaders?
Also if I have a name associated with each Header, how do I get to print those out too?
thanks.

 

[k5tm]

Please post an actual sample input (XML) document and your current XSL.

It would appear to me that you need to use something like:

<xsl:for-each select="TOP/Header>
    <xsl:for-each select="Subheader">
        <xsl:value-of select="."/>
    </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>

xsl:value-of evaluates a node set using the rules of the string() function, which in turn says that it returns the value of the first node in a nodeset.



Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

 

[danylo13]

Hi,

that works for the subheader part. But for header what happens when I use the "." is that it prints out the header's name plus all of its subheader's names.

          <xsl:for-each select="Page/TOC/Header">
            <tr>
              <td><xsl:value-of select="." /></td>
            </tr>
            <xsl:for-each select="Subheader">
              <tr>
                <td>
                  <xsl:value-of select="." />
                </td>
              </tr>
            </xsl:for-each>
          </xsl:for-each>

How do I get to print what is in the header only?
Right now my table looks like:
IntroductionPurposeOverviewScopeTarget AudienceDocument OrganizationList of Acronyms
Purpose
Overview
Scope
Target Audience
Document Organization
List of Acronyms

 

[k5tm]

Please post an actual sample input (XML) document and your current XSL.

Your posted XSL does not match the XML 'structure' in the original post.

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

 

[danylo13]

here is the sample for my xml..

<Page>
<TOC>
<Header>Introduction
<Subheader>Purpose</Subheader>
<Subheader>Overview</Subheader>
<Subheader>Scope</Subheader>
<Subheader>Target Audience</Subheader>
<Subheader>Document Organization</Subheader>
<Subheader>List of Acronyms</Subheader>
</Header>
<Header>Quick Tour
<Subheader>Tour</Subheader></Header>
</TOC>
</Page>
and there can be more headers.. and as many subheaders as you want for each header

 

[k5tm]

Try this:

          <xsl:for-each select="Page/TOC/Header">
            <tr>
              <td><xsl:value-of select="[b][COLOR=blue]text()[/color][/b]" /></td>
            </tr>
            <xsl:for-each select="Subheader">
              <tr>
                <td>
                  <xsl:value-of select="." />
                </td>
              </tr>
            </xsl:for-each>
          </xsl:for-each>

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

 

[k5tm]

danylo13, did this work for you?

 

[danylo13]

yes it did. thanks!