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Thank you very much Manuel.

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Manuel Souto Pico
<manuel.souto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Himanshu,
>
> I always found very useful the materials in w3schools as a starting point.
>
> About XPath, please check http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/
>
> Cheers, Manuel
>
> himanshu padmanabhi escribis:
>>
>> Thank you.Can anyone explain XPath more?
>>
>> I was advised to use "XML::LibXSLT::xpath_to_string" in the following
>> code.
>>
>>  my $parser = XML::LibXML->new();
>>  my $xslt = XML::LibXSLT->new();
>>
>>  my $source = $parser->parse_file($xmlfile);
>>  my $style_doc = $parser->parse_file($xslfile);
>>
>>  my $stylesheet = $xslt->parse_stylesheet($style_doc);
>>
>>  my $results = $stylesheet->transform($source,
>> XML::LibXSLT::xpath_to_string(args => "$in{'args'}",value => "$value",
>> cnt => "1",);
>>
>>  print $stylesheet->output_string($results);
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Mukul Gandhi <gandhi.mukul@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'll try to answer this.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:30 PM, himanshu padmanabhi
>>> <himanshu.padmanabhi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1.Why XSLT is actually used?and what it is exactly?
>>>>
>>>
>>> XSLT is a language, which can transform an XML input (with XSLT 2.0,
>>> we can take a Text input as well) to various kinds of outputs (like
>>> XML, HTML and Text).
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2.I am using XPATH to pass arguments in my perl code.
>>>>    What is XPATH?and what is its significance?
>>>>
>>>
>>> XPath is a language to address parts of the XML document. In XPath, we
>>> write expressions, which return a set of nodes (called sequences in
>>> XPath 2.0). Though XPath can be used standalone, but it is usually
>>> used in combination with a language like XSLT or XQuery. XSLT and
>>> XQuery *need* XPath.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 3. <xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> Why this is
>>>> required at start of every XSL file?
>>>>
>>>
>>> An XSLT program file is an XML file. By using this namespace in a XSLT
>>> file, we can distinguish between XSLT language instructions and
>>> non-XSLT elements/attributes.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Mukul Gandhi
>
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Regards,
Himanshu Padmanabhi

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