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File: Data.xml
<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<stocks>

   <stock symbol = "INTC">
      <name>Intel Corporation</name>
   </stock>

   <stock symbol = "CSCO">
      <name>Cisco Systems, Inc.</name>
   </stock>

</stocks>


File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version = "1.0"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

  <xsl:template match="/stocks">
    <html>
      <body>
        <ul>
          <xsl:for-each select="stock">
            <xsl:if test="starts-with(@symbol, 'C')">
              <li>
                <xsl:value-of
                  select="concat(@symbol,' - ', name)" />
              </li>
            </xsl:if>

          </xsl:for-each>
        </ul>
      </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:

<html>
   <body>
      <ul>
         <li>CSCO - Cisco Systems, Inc.</li>
      </ul>
   </body>
</html>








5.27.starts with
5.27.1.starts-with() returns true if the first argument string starts with the second argument string
5.27.2.select element starting with K
5.27.3.starts-with function
5.27.4.for-each select=addressbook/address[starts-with(state, M)]