XML & XSL - xsl:element

Creates a named element in the output.

Syntax

<xsl:element name=element-name>

Attributes

• name - the name of the element to create.

Parent Elements

• xsl:copy
• xsl:element
• xsl:for-each
• xsl:if
• xsl:otherwise
• xsl:template
• xsl:when
• output elements

Child Elements

• xsl:apply-templates
• xsl:attribute
• xsl:choose
• xsl:comment
• xsl:copy
• xsl:element
• xsl:eval
• xsl:for-each
• xsl:if
• xsl:pi
• xsl:value-of
• output elements

Purpose

The example below shows the creation of an element, an HTML FORM INPUT tag.

<xsl:element name="INPUT">
	<xsl:attribute name="VALUE"><xsl:value-of select="name"/></xsl:attribute>
	<xsl:attribute name="SIZE">35</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:element>

HTML Equivalent

<INPUT VALUE="name" SIZE="35">

Global Population Econometrics Example

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