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stampkick
stampkick

Reputation: 47

Accessing an XML map element using XSLT

I am presented with this XML code below. What is the XSLT syntax to access the value of the key "var2"?

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<array key = "objects">
    <map>
        <string key "var1">ID</string>
        <string key "var2">Name</string>
        <string key "var3">Weather</string>
    <map>
</array>
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I'm no XSLT expert, but I'm familiar in my XSLT work with XML variables and intending to assign the value of "var2" in a variable to display in my translated document.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 492

Answers (1)

Tim C
Tim C

Reputation: 70648

It really depends what your current position is in the XML, but to access it for anywhere you could do this...

<xsl:variable name="var2" select="//array/map/string[@key='var2']" />

Or, if you have multiple array objects, and want to target a specific one...

<xsl:variable name="var2" select="//array[@key='objects']/map/string[@key='var2']" />

(Note, I've assumed your actual XML is valid XML, as it should be <string key="var2"> and not <string key "var2">

Upvotes: 1

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