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File: Data.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<greeting>
  Hello, World!
</greeting>

File: Transform.xslt


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

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="greeting"/>
  </xsl:template>
  
  <xsl:template match="greeting">
    <html>
      <body>
        <h1>
          <xsl:value-of select="."/>
        </h1>
      </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<html>
   <body>
      <h1>
         Hello, World!
         
      </h1>
   </body>
</html>








5.72.value of
5.72.1.Use value-of to get element value from different level
5.72.2.Select value from an element
5.72.3.value-of select="."
5.72.4.value-of select=cars/manufacturer/@name separator=,
5.72.5.value-of select=format-date($date, [M01]/[D01]/[Y0001])
5.72.6.value-of select=replace($sub2, ', '')
5.72.7.output an element only if it has a value.
5.72.8.the output without empty elements removal