The xsl:for-each element allows all nodes in a node-set to be processed according to the XSLT instructions nested inside the xsl:for-each element. : for each « XSLT stylesheet « XML Tutorial
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Use for-each to output table row
File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<results group="A">
<match>
<date>10-Jun-98</date>
<team score="2">team 1</team>
<team score="1">team 2</team>
</match>
<match>
<date>10-Jun-98</date>
<team score="2">team 3</team>
<team score="2">team 4</team>
</match>
<match>
<date>16-Jun-98</date>
<team score="1">team 2</team>
<team score="1">team 4</team>
</match>
</results>
File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:transform xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="2.0">
<xsl:variable name="league">
<xsl:apply-templates select="results" />
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title>League Table</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>League Table</h1>
<table border="2" cellpadding="5">
<thead>
<td>Team</th>
<td>Played</th>
<td>Won</th>
<td>Lost</th>
<td>Drawn</th>
<td>For</th>
<td>Against</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<xsl:for-each select="$league/league/team">
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="@name" />
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="@played" />
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="@won" />
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="@lost" />
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="@drawn" />
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="@for" />
</td>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="@against" />
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:transform>
Output:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>League Table</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>League Table</h1>
<table border="2" cellpadding="5">
<thead>
<td>Team</th>
<td>Played</th>
<td>Won</th>
<td>Lost</th>
<td>Drawn</th>
<td>For</th>
<td>Against</th>
</thead>
<tbody></tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>