value-of select="$sortedCities" separator=" " : value of « XSLT stylesheet « XML

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value-of select="$sortedCities" separator=" "

File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<addressbook>
  <address>
    <name>
      <title>Mr.</title>
      <first-name>Chester Hasbrouck</first-name>
      <last-name>Frisby</last-name>
    </name>
    <street>1234 Main Street</street>
    <city>Sheboygan</city>
    <state>WI</state>
    <zip>48392</zip>
  </address>
</addressbook>


File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" 
  xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

  <xsl:output method="text"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:variable name="sortedCities" as="xs:string*">
      <xsl:perform-sort select="addressbook/address/city">
        <xsl:sort select="."/>
      </xsl:perform-sort>
    </xsl:variable>
    <xsl:text>Our customers live in these cities:&#xA;&#xA;</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="$sortedCities" separator="&#xA;"/>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

Our customers live in these cities:

Sheboygan

 

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