How to concat a string to xsl:value-of select="...?

Question

<a>
    <xsl:attribute name="href"> 
     <xsl:value-of select="/*/properties/property[@name='report']/@value" />
    </xsl:attribute>
</a>

Is there any way to concat another string to

<xsl:value-of select="/*/properties/property[@name='report']/@value"  />

I need to pass some text to href attribute in addition to the report property value

score 166 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '12 at 09:45

166

You can use the rather sensibly named xpath function called concat here

<a>
   <xsl:attribute name="href">
      <xsl:value-of select="concat('myText:', /*/properties/property[@name='report']/@value)" />
   </xsl:attribute>
</a>

Of course, it doesn't have to be text here, it can be another xpath expression to select an element or attribute. And you can have any number of arguments in the concat expression.

Do note, you can make use of Attribute Value Templates (represented by the curly braces) here to simplify your expression

<a href="{concat('myText:', /*/properties/property[@name='report']/@value)}"></a>

answered May 01 '12 at 09:45

Tim C

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@TimC: Good, but the `concat()` function isn't necessary here. – Dimitre Novatchev May 01 '12 at 12:29
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score 32 · Answer 2 · answered May 20 '13 at 09:37

Three Answers :

Simple :

<img>
    <xsl:attribute name="src">
        <xsl:value-of select="//your/xquery/path"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="'vmLogo.gif'"/>
    </xsl:attribute>
</img>

Using 'concat' :

<img>
    <xsl:attribute name="src">
        <xsl:value-of select="concat(//your/xquery/path,'vmLogo.gif')"/>                    
    </xsl:attribute>
</img>

Attribute shortcut as suggested by @TimC

<img src="{concat(//your/xquery/path,'vmLogo.gif')}" />

As noted by Dimitre, you don't need the concat here: `` – Svish Dec 17 '13 at 09:23 — Svish, Dec 17 '13 at 09:23

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '12 at 12:28

17

Use:

<a href="wantedText{/*/properties/property[@name='report']/@value)}"></a>

answered May 01 '12 at 12:28

Dimitre Novatchev

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score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 11 '13 at 07:51

The easiest way to concat a static text string to a selected value is to use element.

<a>
  <xsl:attribute name="href"> 
    <xsl:value-of select="/*/properties/property[@name='report']/@value" />
    <xsl:text>staticIconExample.png</xsl:text>
  </xsl:attribute>
</a>

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 18 '17 at 06:09

Easiest method is

  <TD>
    <xsl:value-of select="concat(//author/first-name,' ',//author/last-name)"/>
  </TD>

when the XML Structure is

<title>The Confidence Man</title>
<author>
  <first-name>Herman</first-name>
  <last-name>Melville</last-name>
</author>
<price>11.99</price>

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 20 '19 at 22:36

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Not the most readable solution, but you can mix the result from a value-of with plain text:

<a>
  <xsl:attribute name="href"> 
    Text<xsl:value-of select="/*/properties/property[@name='report']/@value"/>Text
  </xsl:attribute>
</a>

answered Mar 20 '19 at 22:36

Khin

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This has some problems: between XSLT instructions, white space only text nodes are ignored; but now that you have a not white space only text node (`' Text'`), white space (even new line) will be output. – Alejandro Mar 21 '19 at 15:19

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