xslt - applying template to sequential group of nodes

[tuka]

Hi,

I have a problem I would like help solving:

My xml:

<node id=1>
<nodeContent>xyz</nodeContent>
</node>
<node id=2>
<nodeContent>xyz2</nodeContent>
</node>
<node id=3>
<nodeContent>xyz3</nodeContent>
</node>
<node id=4>
<nodeContent>xyz4</nodeContent>
</node>

I would like to use xslt to apply a <divtag between the 2nd and 4th
tag so that my the output will be

<div>
xyz2
xyz3
xyz4
</div>

I have tried using something like

<xsl:template match=""> </xsl:template but it seems that I cannot
set an opening div tag for 2 and a closing div tag for node 4 without
errors. i.e. the xml withing the xsl:template tag must be well
formed... Not much luck with if tags either...

TIA

[Martin Honnen]

tuka wrote:

My xml:

<node id=1>
<nodeContent>xyz</nodeContent>
</node>
<node id=2>
<nodeContent>xyz2</nodeContent>
</node>
<node id=3>
<nodeContent>xyz3</nodeContent>
</node>
<node id=4>
<nodeContent>xyz4</nodeContent>
</node>

I would like to use xslt to apply a <divtag between the 2nd and 4th
tag so that my the output will be

<div>
xyz2
xyz3
xyz4
</div>

Those node elements need to have a parent element so write a template
for that parent element, assuming its tag name is 'some-element' use e.g.
<xsl:template match="some-element">
<div>
<xsl:apply-templates select="node[@id &gt;= 2 and @id &lt;=
4]/nodeContent"/>
</div>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="nodeContent">
<xsl:value-of select="concat(., ' ')"/>
</xsl:template>
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[tuka]

Thanks,

It worked nicely
Tuka

[Joe Kesselman]

<xsl:template match=""> </xsl:template>

The empty string is not a legal match patern.

errors. i.e. the xml withing the xsl:template tag must be well
formed.

XSLT is an XML language. XML must be well formed. Period. You can't
generate the open tag and close tag in separate templates. Generate them
at a higher-level template than the one generating the content.

Tutorials.

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