Select value from an element with value-of : template match « XSLT stylesheet « XML

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2. XSLT stylesheet
3. template match

Select value from an element with value-of

File: Data.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<people>

  <person born="1912" died="1954">
    <name>
      <first_name>A</first_name>
      <last_name>B</last_name>
    </name>
    <profession>C</profession>
    <profession>D</profession>
    <profession>E</profession>
  </person>

  <person born="2008" died="2008">
    <name>
      <first_name>F</first_name>
      <middle_initial>G</middle_initial>
      <last_name>H</last_name>
    </name>
    <profession>I</profession>
    <hobby>J</hobby>
  </person>

</people>


File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0"?> 
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
                xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

  <xsl:template match="person">
    <p>
      <xsl:value-of select="name"/>
    </p>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

  <p>
      A
      B
    </p>

  <p>
      F
      G
      H
    </p>

 

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