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Asked: 2026-05-18T11:19:23+00:00

I’m having trouble getting XSLT to return just the category values from the XML.

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I’m having trouble getting XSLT to return just the category values from the XML. Why is lastupdate and path being returned? …and how can I stop this? Thanks in advance.

XML Document

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<categories count="3">
    <lastupdate>08/12/2010 12:27</lastupdate>
    <path>C:\</path>
    <category>Music</category>
    <category>News</category>
    <category>Sport</category>
</categories>

My XSLT

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
    <xsl:template match="categories">
        <html>
            <body>
                <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
                    <tbody>
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <xsl:apply-templates/>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </tbody>
                </table>
            </body>
        </html>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="category">
        <a>
            <xsl:value-of select="." />
        </a>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output HTML

<html>
    <body>
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
            <tbody>
                <tr>
                    <td>08/12/2010 12:27C:\
                        <a>Music</a>
                        <a>News</a>
                        <a>Sport</a>
                    </td>
                </tr>
            </tbody>
        </table>
    </body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    In your code you are applying template for all categories‘ child element nodes. See http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#built-in-rule

    Thus you need the following code:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
    <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
    <xsl:template match="categories">
        <html>
            <body>
                <xsl:apply-templates select="category"/>
            </body>
        </html>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="category">
        <a>
            <xsl:value-of select="." />
        </a>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

    To get desired ouput:

    <html>
    <body>
        <a>Music</a>
        <a>News</a>
        <a>Sport</a>
    </body>
</html>
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