XSLT: Get the value of an attribute created dynamically

Question

I'm new to XSLT and I'm trying to grab the content of an attribute I've just created.

I have some XML, like the following:

<subpara id="subpara">
    <title>I am some heavy title</title>
        <para id="para">Here is some dummy text for a dummy para.</para>
            <table id="t01" tocentry="1">
            ...

in XSLT, I do:

<xsl:template match="subpara/title">
    <div>
        <xsl:attribute name="class">
            <xsl:text>title</xsl:text>
            <xsl:call-template name="addChangeClasses"/>
        </xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="data-numbering">
            <xsl:apply-templates select="parent::*" mode="numbering"/>
        </xsl:attribute>
        # HERE I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE CONTENT OF THE ATTRIBUTE I JUST CREATED
        <xsl:value-of select"@data-numbering"/>  

        <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </div>
</xsl:template>

My intent is to create that output:

<div class="title" data-numbering="1.1">1.1 - I am some heavy title</div>

So I'm creating an attribute data-numbering, but I'd like to display its content. Obviously, doing <xsl:value-of select="@data-numbering"/> is not the proper way.

Anyone can help me, please ? Thanks in advance ! :)

Sebastien · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 11:58:18Z

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Without seeing what your Template returns I'm only taking a best guess here :

<xsl:variable name="d_numb">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="parent::*" mode="numbering"/>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:attribute name="data-numbering" select="$d_numb"/>

<xsl:value-of select="$d_numb"/>

So store whatever value is returned by the template in a variable. Then use this variable to populate the attribute and output the value.

answered Jun 17, 2020 at 11:58

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EricF Over a year ago

Yes @Sebastien! That works! I just used <xsl:attribute name='data-numbering'/> Thanks!

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