Question

Given input like

<a>
   <b>
      <c>everything below</c>
      <d></d>
   </b>
   <b>
      <c>everything below</c>
      <d></d>
   </b>
</a>

, is there a nice Xpath solution to get

<a>
   <c>everything below</c>
   <c>everything below</c>
</a>

, (so to say do an “unwrap-remove-select-wrap”), or how I would I achieve this most comfortably?

Answer 1

Thanks to all, I think I could find what I want with your answers’ help:

<xsl:for-each select="a">
    <xsl:copy>
       <xsl:copy-of select="./b/c|@*" />
    </xsl:copy>
</xsl:for-each>

… I think does what I wanted, without using additional templates, in a short and concise way.