XSLT <xsl: value-of> element
<Xsl: value-of> element is used to extract the value of a selected node.
<Xsl: value-of> element
<Xsl: value-of> element is used to extract the value of an XML element, and add value to the converted output stream:
Examples
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<h2>My CD Collection</h2>
<table border="1">
<tr bgcolor="#9acd32">
<th>Title</th>
<th>Artist</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <xsl:value-of select="catalog/cd/title"/> </td>
<td> <xsl:value-of select="catalog/cd/artist"/> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<h2>My CD Collection</h2>
<table border="1">
<tr bgcolor="#9acd32">
<th>Title</th>
<th>Artist</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> <xsl:value-of select="catalog/cd/title"/> </td>
<td> <xsl:value-of select="catalog/cd/artist"/> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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Examples explained
Note: In the example above, the value of the selectattribute is an XPath expression. This works similar to the XPath expression locate a file system, in which the forward slash (/) to select a subdirectory.
Examples of results above a little small flaws, only one row of data is copied from the XML document to the output. In the next chapter, you will learn how to use the<xsl: for-each> element to loop through the XML elements and displays all records.