problem using select : "//somenode"

Question

Hey everyone im trying to use

<xsl:for-each select="//node1">

in my xsl the problem is that it gets all the nodes name node1 together and not passing them one by one (as for each should be) just for you to know im using // pattern becuase my xml changes and i do need to find inside some node the node1

hope you can help...

Answer 1

Try this instead:

<xsl:template match="//node1">

It is hard to say why you are seeing the issue that you are seeing as a for-each should work just fine but it is often better to use the declarative approach to coding in XSLT (as I have shown above) as opposed to the more procedural for-each.

Edit: Okay - I think I see what is going on now.

Try this:

<another-att>
    <xsl:for-each select="paragraph/text">
     <xsl:if test="position() != 0">,</xsl:if>
     <xsl:value-of select="@textvalue"/>
    </xsl:for-each>
</another-att>

Answer 2

first of all sorry im adding it as an answer it just a bit long (more than 600 chars ) ....

ok so my xml looks like this

<father>
   <object>
   <attribute att.type="type">
    <another-att>
     <paragraph>
     <text textvalue="first "/>
     </paragraph>
      <paragraph>
     <text textvalue="second"/>
     </paragraph>
     <paragraph>
     <text textvalue="third "/>
     </paragraph>
    </another-att>
   </attribute>
  </object>

<model>
<attribute att.type="type">
    <another-att>
     <paragraph>
     <text textvalue="fourth "/>
     </paragraph>
      <paragraph>
     <text textvalue="fifth"/>
     </paragraph>
     <paragraph>
     <text textvalue="sixth"/>
     </paragraph>
    </another-att>
   </attribute>

</model>


</father>

and my xsl looks like this

 <xsl:template match="//attribute[@att.type='type']/another-att">

                    <another-att>
                        <xsl:for-each select="//text">
                            <xsl:if test="position() != 0">,</xsl:if>
                            <xsl:value-of select="@textvalue"/>
                        </xsl:for-each>
                    </another-att>



    </xsl:template>

and the problem is im getting

2 nodes of with the values of first , second , third , fourth , fifth , sixth

Answer 3

found the answer edited "//text" into ".//text"

thanks everyone