XSLT <value-of> Element

The <xsl:value-of> element allows you to retrieve the value from a node.

When using the <xsl:value-of> element, you use the select attribute to specify which node you want to retrieve data from.

Usage Example

This example is a continuation of the example from the previous lesson. Here, we have added the <xsl:value-of/> element to extract data from the child nodes called "name" and "url".

Code
<xsl:template match="/"> (other content/HTML markup goes here) <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="tutorial"> <xsl:value-of select="name"/> <xsl:value-of select="url"/> </xsl:template>

So, let's have another look at our XML document, and see which values will be selected:

Code
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="tutorials.xsl"?> <tutorials> <tutorial> <name>XML Tutorial</name> <url>http://www.quackit.com/xml/tutorial</url> </tutorial> <tutorial> <name>HTML Tutorial</name> <url>http://www.quackit.com/html/tutorial</url> </tutorial> </tutorials>

And just to refresh your memory, these values will be displayed where we choose to place the XSLT <xsl:apply-templates> element.

• << <apply-templates>
• <for-each> >>

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