Getting the Value of Nodes with xsl:value-of

In this example, I'll extract the name of each planet and insert that name into the output document. To get the name of each planet, I'll use the <xsl:value-of> element in a template targeted at the <PLANET> element. I'll select the <NAME> element with the select attribute, like this:

Listing . ch13_07.xsl
 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

    <xsl:template match="PLANETS">
        <HTML>
            <xsl:apply-templates/>
        </HTML>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="PLANET">
        <xsl:value-of select="NAME"/>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Using select like this, you can select nodes. The select attribute is much like the match attribute of the <xsl:template> ...

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