Merge nodes using xslt

himanshu · September 1st, 2010, 01:40 PM

Hi,

I have

<subject>maths</subject>
<subject>history</subject>
<subject>science</subject>

I want to convert it to

<subject>maths : history : science</subject>

any help is appreciated.

thanks

Martin Honnen · September 1st, 2010, 01:43 PM

With XSLT 2.0:

Code:

<xsl:template match="put-name-of-parent-of-those-subject-elements-here">
  <subject><xsl:value-of select="subject" separator=" : "/></subject>
</xsl:template>

himanshu · September 1st, 2010, 01:49 PM

Thanks for solution,

buy my xml is alightly differnt actually my xml looks like this

Code:

<subject>maths</subject>
<subject>history</subject>
<subject>science</subject>
<name>himanshu</name>

I want to convert it to

Code:

<subject>maths : history : science</subject>
<name>himanshu</name>

Martin Honnen · September 1st, 2010, 01:52 PM

Please show more context, those elements you have shown do have a parent element I assume, please show that.

himanshu · September 1st, 2010, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Honnen

Please show more context, those elements you have shown do have a parent element I assume, please show that.

Code:

<student>
<subject>maths</subject>
<subject>history</subject>
<subject>science</subject>
<name>himanshu</name>

<address>
	<city>newyork</city>
	<state>newyork</state>
</address>
<student>

Martin Honnen · September 2nd, 2010, 06:40 AM

XSLT 2.0:

Code:

<xsl:template match="student">
  <xsl:copy>
     <subject><xsl:value-of select="subject" separator=" : "/></subject>
     <xsl:copy-of select="name"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

XSLT 1.0:

Code:

<xsl:template match="student">
  <xsl:copy>
     <subject>
        <xsl:for-each select="subject">
           <xsl:value-of select="."/>
           <xsl:if test="position() != last()">
              <xsl:text> : </xsl:text>
           </xsl:if>
         </xsl:for-each>
     </subject>
     <xsl:copy-of select="name"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>