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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>

<state name="NewState">
 <county>A</county>
 <county>B</county>
 <county>C</county>
 <county>D</county>
 <county>E</county>
</state>



File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="text" />

  <xsl:template match="state">
    Counties of
    <xsl:value-of select="@name" />
    :
    <xsl:call-template name="nl" />
    <xsl:apply-templates select="county" />
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="county">
    <xsl:text> - </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="." />
    <xsl:call-template name="nl" />
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template name="nl">
    <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:


    Counties of
    NewState
    :
    
 - A
 - B
 - C
 - D
 - E