Hi,

> Jarno,
> just a naive question..
> wouldnt this serve?
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <element name="{/element/element.name}"/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> What are the downsides if any in the above approach apart 
> from the fact that
> i have hardcoded the attribute "name" rather than using the 
> string-after()
> function to get the attribute's name ( "name" )..
> for what Endre needed  as in.
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> > I need to tranform an element value to an attribute value:
> > input:
> > <element>
> > <element.name>hello</element.name>
> > </element>
> > output:
> > <element name="hello"/>
> > I have no idea ho to refer the element's value in an xsl:template
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> Wouldnt  the template I have given above suffice.

Yes, it would. But it wouldn't be the first time people asked a question on this forum and didn't ask the *whole* question; I would imagine he needs to transform more than one element to an attribute, with the attribute name being read from the child element name.

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