Apply template, select from a list


File: Data.xml 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<books>
  <book category="reference">
      <author>author1</author>
      <title>title 1</title>
      <price>8.95</price>
   </book>
   <book category="fiction">
      <author>author 2</author>
      <title>title 2</title>
      <price>12.99</price>
   </book>
   <book category="fiction">
      <author>author 3</author>
      <title>title 3</title>
      <price>8.99</price>
   </book>
</books>



File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="2.0">
  <xsl:template match="books">
    <html>
      <body>
        <h1>A list of books</h1>
        <table width="640">
          <xsl:apply-templates />
        </table>
      </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="book">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <xsl:number />
      </td>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="author, title, price" />
    </tr>
  </xsl:template>


  <xsl:template match="author | title | price">
    <td>
      <xsl:value-of select="." />
    </td>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<html>
   <body>
      <h1>A list of books</h1>
      <table width="640">
         
         <tr>
            <td>1</td>
            <td>author1</td>
            <td>title 1</td>
            <td>8.95</td>
         </tr>
         
         <tr>
            <td>2</td>
            <td>author 2</td>
            <td>title 2</td>
            <td>12.99</td>
         </tr>
         
         <tr>
            <td>3</td>
            <td>author 3</td>
            <td>title 3</td>
            <td>8.99</td>
         </tr>
         
      </table>
   </body>
</html>

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