construct a simple table from XML files using XSLT

[Damien25]

Hi guys,


I am trying to construct a simple table from XML files using XSLT .I would
like to put an ID from the document in column 1, and the content of some
elements that maybe repeated in column 2. Can this be done in a template using a for-each, or should I use a sort of variable, or?

Desired output:

7817471 author1

7817471 author2

7817471 author3

7817472 author1

7817472 author2

the ID of each document would be in /inspec/article/contg/accn and the repeated elements in e.g., /inspec/article/bibliog/aug/pname

Thanks for any help!

[MindSpace]

Can you post the XML you want to process? Based on the above I would guess you might want
<xsl:for-each select="/inspec/article/bibliog/aug/pname">
<xsl:value-of select="concat(../../../contg/accn, ' ', .,
' ')"/>
</xsl:for-each>

[Damien25]

Thanks - it works beautifully! Also on other elements as long I get the
relative path correct.
Can I somehow limit the match on pnames to the ones that have a certain
attribute, e.g., "@order = first"?

[MindSpace]

Sure, simply add a predicate with that condition:
<xsl:for-each select="/inspec/article/bibliog/aug/pname[@order =
'first']">