XML/XSLT stylesheet/contains

contains function

File: Data.xml
<poem>
  <verse>line 1</verse>
  <verse>
    line 2
  </verse>
</poem>
File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="1.0">
  <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no" />
  
  <xsl:template match="verse">
    <xsl:value-of select="concat("length: ",string-length(.))" />
    <xsl:if test="contains(.,"light")">
      <xsl:text>light: yes!</xsl:text>
    </xsl:if>
    <xsl:if test="starts-with(.,"Seest")">
      <xsl:text>Yes, starts with "Seest"</xsl:text>
    </xsl:if>
    <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(.)" />
    <xsl:value-of select="translate(.,"abcde","ABCD")" />
  </xsl:template>
  
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:

  length: 6line 1lin 1
  length: 13line 2
    lin 2

match element with certain value

File: Data.xml
<story>
  <chapter>
    <title>Chapter 1</title>
    <para>para 1</para>
  </chapter>
  <chapter>
    <title>Chapter 2</title>
    <para>item 1</para>
    <para>item 2</para>
    <sect>
      <title>Chapter 2, Section 1</title>
      <para>item 3</para>
      <para>para 2</para>
    </sect>
  </chapter>
  <chapter>
    <title>Chapter 3</title>
    <para>para A</para>
  </chapter>
</story>
File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="1.0">
  <xsl:output method="text" />
  <xsl:template match="chapter[contains(.,"the")]">
    *** This chapter has "the" in it: ***
    <xsl:apply-templates />
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="chapter">
    *** This chapter element not processed by other template: ***
    <xsl:apply-templates />
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="title" />
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:

  
    
    
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    para 1
  
  
    
    
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    item 1
    
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    item 2
    
      
      
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    item 3
      
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    para 2
    
  
  
    
    
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    para A

template match="para[contains(.,"the")]"

File: Data.xml
<story>
  <chapter>
    <title>Chapter 1</title>
    <para>para 1</para>
  </chapter>
  <chapter>
    <title>Chapter 2</title>
    <para>item 1</para>
    <para>item 2</para>
    <sect>
      <title>Chapter 2, Section 1</title>
      <para>item 3</para>
      <para>para 2</para>
    </sect>
  </chapter>
  <chapter>
    <title>Chapter 3</title>
    <para>para A</para>
  </chapter>
</story>

File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="1.0">
  <xsl:output method="text" />
  <xsl:template match="para[contains(.,"the")]">
    *** This para has "the" in it: ***
    <xsl:apply-templates />
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="para">
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    <xsl:apply-templates />
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="title" />
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:

  
    
    
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    para 1
  
  
    
    
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    item 1
    
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    item 2
    
      
      
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    item 3
      
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    para 2
    
  
  
    
    
    *** This para element not processed by other template: ***
    para A