use parameter with template : call template « XSLT stylesheet « XML Tutorial

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2. XSLT stylesheet
3. call template

File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<province name="BigCity">
 <city>city 1</city>
 <city>city 2</city>
 <city>city 3</city>
 <city>city 4</city>
 <city>city 5</city>
 <city>city 6</city>
 <city>city 7</city>
 <city>city 8</city>
 <city>city 9</city>
 <city>city 10</city>
 <city>city 11</city>
</province>


File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="text" />

  <xsl:template match="province">
    <xsl:text>BigCity Cities</xsl:text>
    <xsl:call-template name="nl">
      <xsl:with-param name="nl" select="'&#10;&#10;'" />
    </xsl:call-template>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="city" />
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="city">
    <xsl:text> -> </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="." />
    <xsl:call-template name="nl">
      <xsl:with-param name="nl" select="'&#10;'" />
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="city[.='city 4']">
    <xsl:text> -> </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="." />
    <xsl:call-template name="nl">
      <xsl:with-param name="nl"
        select="' (second largest city in the Yukon)&#10;'" />
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="city[.='city 11']">
    <xsl:text> -> </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="." />
    <xsl:call-template name="nl">
      <xsl:with-param name="nl"
        select="' (largest city in the Yukon)&#10;'" />
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template name="nl">
    <xsl:param name="nl" />
    <xsl:value-of select="$nl" />
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

BigCity Cities

 -> city 1
 -> city 2
 -> city 3
 -> city 4 (second largest city in the Yukon)
 -> city 5
 -> city 6
 -> city 7
 -> city 8
 -> city 9
 -> city 10
 -> city 11 (largest city in the Yukon)