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File: Data.xml



<?xml version="1.0"?>

<cars>

  <make geography="Europe">Alfa Romeo</make>

  <make geography="Europe">Bentley</make>

  <make geography="North America">Chevrolet</make>

  <make geography="North America">Dodge</make>

  <make geography="North America">GMC</make>

  <make geography="Asia">Honda</make>

  <make geography="Asia">Isuzu</make>

  <make geography="?">Quantum</make>

</cars>



File: Transform.xslt



<?xml version="1.0"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" 

  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">



  <xsl:output method="text"/>



  <xsl:template match="/">

    <xsl:for-each select="cars/make">

      <xsl:text>&#xA;  Car: </xsl:text>

      <xsl:value-of select="."/>

      <xsl:text> - </xsl:text>

      <xsl:value-of 

        select="if (@geography = 'North America') then 

                  'Domestic car'

                else if (@geography = 'Europe') then 

                  'Import from Europe'

                else if (@geography = 'Asia') then 

                  &quot;It's from Asia&quot;

                (: If it's anything else :)

                else 

                   'We don''t know!'"/>

    </xsl:for-each>

  </xsl:template>



</xsl:stylesheet>



Output:





  Car: Alfa Romeo - Import from Europe

  Car: Bentley - Import from Europe

  Car: Chevrolet - Domestic car

  Car: Dodge - Domestic car

  Car: GMC - Domestic car

  Car: Honda - It's from Asia

  Car: Isuzu - It's from Asia

  Car: Quantum - We don't know!
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