template match="para[contains(.,'the')]"
File: Data.xml
<story>
<chapter>
<title>Chapter 1</title>
<para>para 1</para>
</chapter>
<chapter>
<title>Chapter 2</title>
<para>item 1</para>
<para>item 2</para>
<sect>
<title>Chapter 2, Section 1</title>
<para>item 3</para>
<para>para 2</para>
</sect>
</chapter>
<chapter>
<title>Chapter 3</title>
<para>para A</para>
</chapter>
</story>
File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="text" />
<xsl:template match="para[contains(.,'the')]">
*** This para has "the" in it: ***
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="para">
*** This para element not processed by other template: ***
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="title" />
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
*** This para element not processed by other template: ***
para 1
*** This para element not processed by other template: ***
item 1
*** This para element not processed by other template: ***
item 2
*** This para element not processed by other template: ***
item 3
*** This para element not processed by other template: ***
para 2
*** This para element not processed by other template: ***
para A
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