How to concat a string to xsl:value-of select="...?
XsltXpathXslt Problem Overview
<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
Xslt Solutions
Solution 1 - Xslt
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>
Solution 2 - Xslt
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')}" />
Solution 3 - Xslt
Use:
<a href="wantedText{/*/properties/property[@name='report']/@value)}"></a>
Solution 4 - Xslt
The easiest way to concat a static text string to a selected value is to use
<a>
<xsl:attribute name="href">
<xsl:value-of select="/*/properties/property[@name='report']/@value" />
<xsl:text>staticIconExample.png</xsl:text>
</xsl:attribute>
</a>
Solution 5 - Xslt
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>
Solution 6 - Xslt
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>