xpath based on part of node-name ?

[sheila11]

Hi All,

I have a large number of nodes in my xml documents that have names ending with "-para". For example, <labor-para>, <supervisor-para>, <manager-para> etc.

Is there a way to fetch them by using xpath ? Something like:
<xsl:template match="*'para'" >

Is this possible ?

TIA,
Sheila

 

[Wiszh]

Try
<xsl:template match="[substring-after('//', '-')='para']"/>

Good Luck

 

[sheila11]

Thanks a lot, Wiszh. One more question:

If 'para' can occur anywhere in the name, (just in case,) wdn't this do the same ?

<xsl:template match="*[contains(name(.), 'para')]">

TIA,
Sheila

 

[Wiszh]

It might, but I have never used the contains function so I can't say for sure. The contains function as-per the definition should do that, but you may have to work out the exact syntax.

Good Luck