? Using <xsl:value-of> in XSLT (XML)

<xsl:value-of> is used to extract and output the string value of an XML node or expression during an XSLT transformation.

Basic Syntax

<xsl:value-of select="XPath-expression"/>

• The select attribute contains an XPath expression pointing to the node or value you want.

• It outputs the text content of the selected node.

Example

Input XML

<person>  <name>John Doe</name>  <age>30</age></person>

XSLT using <xsl:value-of>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">    <xsl:template match="/person">    <div>      Name: <xsl:value-of select="name"/><br/>      Age: <xsl:value-of select="age"/>    </div>  </xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

Output

<div>  Name: John Doe<br/>  Age: 30</div>

Notes

• Outputs only the first node’s string value if the XPath matches multiple nodes.

• To output multiple nodes, use it inside <xsl:for-each> or multiple templates.

• For raw XML output, use <xsl:copy-of> instead.

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