> I am trying to extract the text from particular elements in an Excel
workbook which has been saved to XML format. The structure, in short, is
this:
>
> <Workbook>
>  <DocumentProperties/>
>  <ExcelWorkbook/>
>   <Worksheet>
>      <Names/>
>        <Table>
>           <Column/>
>           <Row>
>              <Cell/>
>              <Cell/>
>              <Cell>
>                 <Data>Randolph</Data>
>                 <NamedCell/>
>              </Cell>
>           </Row>
>        </Table>
>         <WorksheetOptions/>
>   </Worksheet>
> </Workbook>
>
> There is at least one <Worksheet> Element.
>
> So here I am thinking, "This should be easy. Start with selecting the text
of the first cell in the first row on the first worksheet."
>
> So I use this XSLT:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>                xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet">
>
>                <xsl:template match="/">
>                        <xsl:value-of
select="Workbook/Worksheet[1]/Table/Row[3]/Data" />
>                </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> thinking that the output will be "Randolph" because I can see  that in the
source document . But no, the only output I get is the XML document
declaration!
>
> Please someone have pity on a fallen-away XSLT programmer trying to be in
the good graces of the W3C.


You have

/Table/Row[3]

but you really meant

/Table/Row/Cell[3]


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