Getting the first child

Nagaraj · May 9th, 2009, 08:26 AM

Hi guys,

I need to get the first <para> child is <italic>, please give me the code xslt 2.0 samples.

Code:

<para>
<italic>Takagi</italic> dfsflksdfsdfjsd<bold>dfhsfh sd</bold>
</para>
<para>jhghjgjgjgg <bold>kgkgkg</bold> jgjhg hjg <italic>fgffgg</italic>fgdfhdgh</para>

Martin Honnen · May 9th, 2009, 08:39 AM

XPath to select the first 'italic' child element of the context node is simply 'italic[1]' so you would use

Code:

<xsl:template match="para">
  <xsl:value-of select="italic[1]"/>
</xsl:template>

to output the string value of the first 'italic' child element.

Nagaraj · May 9th, 2009, 08:45 AM

hi martin,

your code is working for both <Para> tag child first element is <italic> but, I need to get the first para tag italic only, not to select the second para/italic.

<para>
<italic>Takagi</italic> dfsflksdfsdfjsd<bold>dfhsfh sd</bold>
</para>
<para>jhghjgjgjgg <bold>kgkgkg</bold> jgjhg hjg <italic>fgffgg</italic>fgdfhdgh</para>

JohnBampton · May 9th, 2009, 10:42 AM

Code:

<xsl:value-of select="para[1]/italic[1]" />

Cheers, John Bampton.

Nagaraj · May 9th, 2009, 10:56 AM

Hi guys,

Sorry for missed out the details mentioned below,

In my task is need to select the parent element <para> having the first child as <italic> only to select else skip.

I think it's a clear detail for all...

keith h nicholsen · May 9th, 2009, 11:28 AM

The following will do

Code:

   <xsl:template match="para[*[1][local-name()='italic']][1]">

if what you are asking for is the first para whose first child element is italic.

mhkay · May 9th, 2009, 11:40 AM

>I think it's a clear detail for all...

I'm sorry, you've now given three descriptions of your problem, all of them different, and none of them clear at all.

One of the problems is context: it's not clear where you are starting from. Another problem is that English is clearly not your first language (I can only guess what you mean by "only to select else skip").

It might be useful to describe the problem in terms of a complete transformation: show a complete input, and your complete required output, and your complete attempt at a stylesheet, and we'll then tell you where it's wrong.

Nagaraj · May 11th, 2009, 03:57 AM

Thank you so much keith h nicholsen, this is exactly i want!!!!!!

Hi mhkay,

Yes mhkay. You clearly understand me i.e. English is not my first language...

Anyway this forum help me a lots, first I thank to all... for supporting me and guiding..

Thanks,
Nagaraj