How to (correctly) loop in XSLT?

Question

I'm using XSLT to process an XML file and I'm having an error while looping through elements.

This is a snapshot of my XML file


<pl__pl_nc_name>
      <pl_nc_name_literal type="text_oneline">Value1</pl_nc_name_literal>
</pl__pl_nc_name>

...

<pl__pl_nc_name>
      <pl_nc_name_literal type="text_oneline">Value2</pl_nc_name_literal>
</pl__pl_nc_name>

To loop over <pl__pl_nc_name> I used for-each


 <plIdentifier_name_literal>
        <xsl:for-each select="pr:_nested__pl__pl_nc_name/pr:pl__pl_nc_name">
            <xsl:value-of select="pr:pl_nc_name_literal"/>
        </xsl:for-each>
 </plIdentifier_name_literal>

However, as output I'm having one element with the two values

<plIdentifier_name_literal>Value1Value2</plIdentifier_name_literal>

Instead I would like to have

<plIdentifier_name_literal>Value1</plIdentifier_name_literal>
<plIdentifier_name_literal>Value2</plIdentifier_name_literal>

I tried to add the @ before the pl_nc_name_literal like @pl_nc_name_literal but it doesn't work.

michael.hor257k · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-03 13:33:56Z

1

If you want to have an element for each node, you must create the element within the xsl:for-each instruction:

<xsl:for-each select="pr:_nested__pl__pl_nc_name/pr:pl__pl_nc_name">
    <plIdentifier_name_literal>
        <xsl:value-of select="pr:pl_nc_name_literal"/>
    </plIdentifier_name_literal>
</xsl:for-each>

P.S. xsl:for-each is not a "loop".

answered Jul 3, 2020 at 13:33

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