hi,

i have a problem as how to match elements that start with a particular string...i have an xml tht generates dynamically and i need to convert it in to a standard format xml...using xslt...

for ex:wherein it may generate elements from child1 to child50 or child5 to child40...anyways...
<parent>
<child1>1st child</child1>
<pet></pet>
<child2>2nd child</child2>
</parent>

i need to convert it into
<parent>
<pet></pet>
<childrens><childnumber>1</childnumber></childrens>
<childrens><childnumber>1</childnumber></childrens>
</parent>

i need to select all the elements starting with child and convert it into childrens..
how about doing it..pleaser help me..as it is a work stopper...
thanks in advance
roopa

<child1>1st child</child1>
<pet></pet>
<child2>2nd child</child2>


That's a really bad XML document design - never try to capture an attribute of an object as part of its name. It should be <child sequence="1">1st child</child>. If you have to transform this nonsense into something better, use match="*[starts-with(local-name(), 'child')]"

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference