File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- carlist.xml -->
<cars>
<make>Alfa Romeo</make>
<make>Bentley</make>
<make>Chevrolet</make>
<make>Dodge</make>
<make>Eagle</make>
<make>Ford</make>
<make>GMC</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="html" include-content-type="no"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
<title>Car Makes and Models</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Car Makes and Models</h1>
<paragraph>Here are the car makes and models in
our input document.</p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<xsl:apply-templates select="cars"/>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="cars">
<xsl:for-each-group select="make|model" group-ending-with="*[position() mod 3 = 0]">
<tr>
<xsl:apply-templates select="current-group()"/>
<xsl:if test="count(current-group()) lt 3">
<td style="background: #CCCCCC;"
colspan="{3 - count(current-group())}">
</td>
</xsl:if>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each-group>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="make">
<td>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</td>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="model">
<td style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</td>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<html>
<head>
<title>Car Makes and Models</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Car Makes and Models</h1>
<paragraph>Here are the car makes and models in
our input document.
</p>
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td>Alfa Romeo</td>
<td>Bentley</td>
<td>Chevrolet</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dodge</td>
<td>Eagle</td>
<td>Ford</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>GMC</td>
<td style="background: #CCCCCC;" colspan="2"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>