select nodeset

newbies1234 · August 21st, 2008, 09:51 AM

here is an input

Code:

<parent>
    <c1>value1</c1>
    <c2>value2</c2>
    <c3>value3</c3>
    <c1>value4</c1>
</parent>

I want to select specified nodeset, the following is the result that I expected

Code:

<parent>
    <c1>Value1</c1>
    <c1>Value4</c1>
</parent>

I tried to do this

Code:

<xsl:variable name="myNodeset" select="/parent/c1/*"/>

but it doesn't work

I workaround by using for-each iterate node <c1> and copy them

samjudson · August 21st, 2008, 09:54 AM

Looks like you've answered your own question.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

newbies1234 · August 21st, 2008, 09:05 PM

is that the best way? i'm not sure if there is other solution to solve it

samjudson · August 22nd, 2008, 02:51 AM

Well you haven't actually shown us what you have written, so its hard to say really.

I would do it as follows, starting with an identity template, and then add separate templates to control the things you don't want to copy:

<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="parent">
  <xsl:copy>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="c1"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

newbies1234 · August 22nd, 2008, 10:52 AM

thanks Sam,

your solution is look good to me, because I accually use <xsl:for-each> to iterate thru the nodeset