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Value-of in <a> html markup

I have this XSL file :

<xsl:template match="attribute">
 <a  href="-">
    mylink
 </a>
 <xsl:value-of select="url" />

I want to put the value of my the url attribute in the href.

Do you know how to do this ? Because <a href="<xsl:value-of select="url" />"> doesn't work.

Solution

  • Either

    <a href="{url}">mylink</a>

    Or 

    <a>
   <xsl:attribute name="href">
     <xsl:value-of select="url"/>
   </xsl:attribute>
   mylink
</a>

    The former is an attribute value template. Read about them in more detail here.

    Caveat: This works only if your input XML looks similar to the following (i.e. if url is really an element and attribute its parent element).

    <attribute>
  <url>www.google.com</url>
</attribute>

    You might have to adapt the above for your XML input (since you do not show it).