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Lenka
Lenka

Reputation: 75

Match and replace the name/value pair of an XML element using XSLT

I am trying to write a match and replace function using XSLT. I've two variable with different name value pairs in it. Few of the name matches in both the variable. I need to replace the values of the matching name value pairs. Example would be:

<original_val>xxx=123,iii=kos,123=hfj,i920=owp02</original_val>

<replace_val>xxx=abc,i920=23ew</replace_val>

From the above you can see that the

replace_val

element does have xxx and i920 name which matches the name xxx and i920 in

original_val

element.

My task is to replace the value of xxx and i920 in original_val element with the value of replace_val element using XSL. The value of xxx and i920 is totally random. I'm using XSLT version 1. Any tips would be really helpful.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 197

Answers (1)

John Ernst
John Ernst

Reputation: 1235

My tip is to split both strings using a template and create two new variables that contain something like this:

<originalSplit>
  <element>
    <name>xxx</name>
    <value>123</value>
  </element>
  <element>
    <name>iii</name>
    <value>kos</value>
  </element>
  <element>
    <name>123</name>
    <value>hfj</value>
  </element>
  <element>
    <name>i920</name>
    <value>owp02</value>
  </element>
</originalSplit>

<replaceSplit>
  <element>
    <name>xxx</name>
    <value>abc</value>
  </element>
    <name>i920</name>
    <value>23ew</value>
  </element>
</replaceSplit>

Then you can loop thru the elements of the originalSplit variable and output the name of each. Then check to see if there is a name match in the replaceSplit variable. If so, output the replace value. If not, output the original value. There are a lot of questions of this site about how to split delimited strings in XSLT 1.0. I suggest using one of those answers.

Upvotes: 2

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