Xslt For Each in XML
? Using <xsl:for-each> in XSLT (XML)
<xsl:for-each> lets you loop over a set of nodes in your XML and apply instructions to each one—similar to a for loop in programming.
Basic Syntax
<xsl:for-each select="node-set"> <!-- actions for each node --></xsl:for-each>selectspecifies the nodes you want to process.Inside the loop,
.refers to the current node.
Example
Input XML
<books> <book> <title>1984</title> <author>George Orwell</author> </book> <book> <title>Brave New World</title> <author>Aldous Huxley</author> </book></books>XSLT Using <xsl:for-each>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:template match="/books"> <html> <body> <h2>Book List</h2> <ul> <xsl:for-each select="book"> <li> <xsl:value-of select="title"/> by <xsl:value-of select="author"/> </li> </xsl:for-each> </ul> </body> </html> </xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>Resulting Output (HTML)
<html> <body> <h2>Book List</h2> <ul> <li>1984 by George Orwell</li> <li>Brave New World by Aldous Huxley</li> </ul> </body></html>Notes
Use
<xsl:for-each>to iterate nodes when you want explicit control.Alternatively,
<xsl:apply-templates>with templates can be more flexible for complex transformations.
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