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Asked: 2026-05-31T07:56:05+00:00

I have the following xml file: <root> <sub type=print>print</sub> <sub type=email>email</sub> </root> I want

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I have the following xml file:

<root>
  <sub type="print">print</sub>
  <sub type="email">email</sub>
</root>

I want to match each type up against the following list:

<types>
  <type>email</type>
  <type>broadcast</type>
  <type>mobile</type>
  <type>print</type>
  <type>web</type>
</types>

Using this xslt with the “doc” being the xml and “types” the list above passed in as parameters:

<xsl:stylesheet 
  xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
  xmlns:xsl = "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
  version="2.0">

  <xsl:output method="xhtml" indent="yes" />

  <xsl:param name="doc"/>
  <xsl:param name="types"/>   

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:for-each select="$doc//sub">
      <xsl:variable name="count">
        <xsl:number value="position()" format="1"/>
      </xsl:variable>

      <ul>
        <xsl:for-each select="$types//type">
          <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="$doc//sub[$count]/@type = text()">
              <li>
                <b>
                  <xsl:value-of select="$doc//sub[$count]/@type"/> - <xsl:value-of select="text()"/>
                </b>
              </li>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>
              <li>
                <xsl:value-of select="$doc//sub[$count]/@type"/> - <xsl:value-of select="text()"/>
              </li>
            </xsl:otherwise>
          </xsl:choose> 
        </xsl:for-each>
      </ul>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

This should give me an unordered list for each sub in my xml printing the type from the sub and then each type. When the sub and the type match, it should be bold. I want this:

<ul>
  <li>print - email</li>
  <li>print - broadcast</li>
  <li>print - mobile</li>
  <li><b>print - print</b></li>
  <li>print - web</li>
</ul>
<ul>
  <li><b>email - email</b></li>
  <li>email - broadcast</li>
  <li>email - mobile</li>
  <li>email - print</li>
  <li>email - web</li>
</ul>

But I get this:

<ul>
  <li><b>print email - email</b></li>
  <li>print email - broadcast</li>
  <li>print email - mobile</li>
  <li><b>print email - print</b></li>
  <li>print email - web</li>
</ul>
<ul>
  <li><b>print email - email</b></li>
  <li>print email - broadcast</li>
  <li>print email - mobile</li>
  <li><b>print email - print</b></li>
  <li>print email - web</li>
</ul>

Thanks for any and all help.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think it might have something to do with the multiple uses of //.

    Try replacing your root template (match="/") with this:

      <xsl:template match="/">
    <html>
      <xsl:for-each select="$doc/root/sub">
        <xsl:variable name="vType" select="@type"/>
        <ul>
          <xsl:for-each select="$types/types/type">
            <li>
              <xsl:choose>
                <xsl:when test=".=$vType">
                  <b>
                    <xsl:value-of select="concat($vType,' - ',.)"/>
                  </b>
                </xsl:when>
                <xsl:otherwise>
                  <xsl:value-of select="concat($vType,' - ',.)"/>
                </xsl:otherwise>
              </xsl:choose>            
            </li>
          </xsl:for-each>
        </ul>
      </xsl:for-each>      
    </html>
  </xsl:template>

    NOTE: I added the <html> tag to keep my output well-formed when testing.

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