XSLT Output Question

jba6511 · Jun 19, 2007

I have an xml document like the one below:

<room name='Green'>
<equipmentList>
</equipmentList>
</room>
<room name='White'>
<equipmentList>
<equipment>Projector</equipment>
<equipment>PC</equipment>
<equipment>Mac</equipment>
</equipmentList>
</room>
<room name='Blue'>
<equipmentList>
<equipment>Projector</equipment>
<equipment>PC</equipment>
</equipmentList>
</room>

I am trying to output all of the equipment in each room. If I use the following:
<xsl:template match="rooms">
<html>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="room">

<xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
<xsl:for-each select="equipmentList">
<xsl:value-of select="equipment"/>
</xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I can get the list of rooms just fine but it will only list projector for each room when there is more equipment. When I just use value-of select equipmentList, I get a list of all the equipment in each room, but it is run together like this
ProjectorPCMac

How can I get it to list each piece of equipment so that is is not all run together?

k5tm · Jun 19, 2007

How about another <xsl:for-each select="equipment"> to iterate through the node set of <equipment> elements?

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

jba6511 · Jun 19, 2007

so something like:

<xsl:for-each select="equipmentList">
<xsl:for-each select="equipment">
<xsl:value-of select="equipment"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>

Is that correct?

k5tm · Jun 20, 2007

Almost correct.

Code:

<xsl:for-each select="equipmentList">
        <xsl:for-each select="equipment">     
                <xsl:value-of select="[b][COLOR=white red].[/color][/b]"/>
                [b][COLOR=white blue]<xsl:text> </xsl:text>[/color][/b]
        </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>

The [COLOR=white red]red[/color] correction is necessary because the inner for-each changes the context to the <equipment> node. The [COLOR=white blue]blue[/color] is merely a suggestion, indicating that you probably want to do something in the output between the values of the <equipment> elements, or it will still be run together (as in your original post).

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

jba6511 · Jun 20, 2007

thanks. That worked like a charm. I will be trying to work some more with xpath later so I am sure I will have some more questions for you guys. thanks for all of the help so far.

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