XSLT <foreach> Element

Last Updated : 12 Oct, 2023

XSLT <foreach> Element iterates over the the XML node. It is used for every XML element of a specified XML node.

Syntax:

<xsl: for-each 
select = Expression >
// other xsl code
</xsl: for-each>

Attributes:

select: A variable reference to a node or an XPath expression.

Example 1: In this example, we will use for-each to print each detail in different cells of the table. Save Both files as mentioned and open xsl file on the Browser, it will show the output as shown below:

XML

<!--Test.xml-->
  
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl "href="Rule.xsl" ?> 
<student> 
   <s> 
      <name> Divyank Singh Sikarwar </name> 
      <branch> CSE</branch> 
      <age>18</age> 
      <city> Agra </city> 
   </s> 
   <s> 
      <name> Aniket Chauhan </name> 
      <branch> CSE</branch> 
      <age> 20</age> 
      <city> Shahjahanpur </city> 
   </s> 
   <s> 
      <name> Simran Agarwal</name> 
      <branch> CSE</branch> 
      <age> 23</age> 
      <city> Buland Shar</city> 
   </s> 
   <s> 
      <name> Abhay Chauhan</name> 
      <branch> CSE</branch> 
      <age> 17</age> 
      <city> Shahjahanpur</city> 
   </s> 
   <s> 
      <name> Himanshu Bhatia</name> 
      <branch> IT</branch> 
      <age> 25</age> 
      <city> Indore</city> 
   </s> 
</student>

XML

<!--index.xml-->
  
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> 
   <xsl:template match="/"> 
      <html> 
         <body> 
            <h1 align="center">Students' Basic Details</h1> 
            <table border="3" align="center" > 
               <tr> 
                  <th>Name</th> 
                  <th>Branch</th> 
                  <th>Age</th> 
               </tr> 
               <xsl:for-each select="student/s"> 
                  <tr> 
                     <td> 
                        <xsl:apply-templates select="name"/> 
                     </td> 
                     <td> 
                        <xsl:apply-templates select="branch"/> 
                     </td> 
                     <td> 
                        <xsl:apply-templates select="age"/> 
                     </td> 
                  </tr> 
               </xsl:for-each> 
            </table> 
         </body> 
      </html> 
   </xsl:template> 
   <xsl:template match="name"> 
      <span style="color:#ff0000"> 
         <xsl:value-of select="."/> 
      </span> 
      <br /> 
   </xsl:template> 
   <xsl:template match="branch"> 
      <span style="color:#0ff000"> 
         <xsl:value-of select="."/> 
      </span> 
      <br /> 
   </xsl:template> 
   <xsl:template match="age"> 
      <span style="color:#0000ff"> 
         <xsl:value-of select="."/> 
      </span> 
      <br /> 
   </xsl:template> 
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

foreach

Example 2: In this example, we will use for-each to select Details of one person and print it all in one cell of table. Save Both files as mentioned and open xsl file on the Browser, it will show the output as shown below:

XML

<!--Test.xml-->
  
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl "href="Rule.xsl" ?> 
<student> 
   <s> 
      <name> Divyank Singh Sikarwar </name> 
      <branch> CSE</branch> 
      <age>18</age> 
      <city> Agra </city> 
   </s> 
   <s> 
      <name> Aniket Chauhan </name> 
      <branch> CSE</branch> 
      <age> 20</age> 
      <city> Shahjahanpur </city> 
   </s> 
   <s> 
      <name> Simran Agarwal</name> 
      <branch> CSE</branch> 
      <age> 23</age> 
      <city> Buland Shar</city> 
   </s> 
   <s> 
      <name> Abhay Chauhan</name> 
      <branch> CSE</branch> 
      <age> 17</age> 
      <city> Shahjahanpur</city> 
   </s> 
   <s> 
      <name> Himanshu Bhatia</name> 
      <branch> IT</branch> 
      <age> 25</age> 
      <city> Indore</city> 
   </s> 
</student>

XML

<!--Rule.xsl-->
  
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> 
   <xsl:template match="/"> 
      <html> 
         <body> 
            <h1 align="center">Students' Basic Details</h1> 
            <table border="3" align="center" > 
               <tr> 
                  <th>Details</th> 
               </tr> 
               <xsl:for-each select="student/s"> 
                  <tr> 
                     <td> 
                        <xsl:apply-templates select="name"/> 
                        <xsl:apply-templates select="branch"/> 
                        <xsl:apply-templates select="age"/> 
                     </td> 
                  </tr> 
               </xsl:for-each> 
            </table> 
         </body> 
      </html> 
   </xsl:template> 
   <xsl:template match="name"> 
      Name: 
      <span style="font-family:cursive;color:#ff0000"> 
         <xsl:value-of select="."/> 
      </span> 
      <br /> 
   </xsl:template> 
   <xsl:template match="branch"> 
      Branch: 
      <span style="font-family:serif;color:#0ff000"> 
         <xsl:value-of select="."/> 
      </span> 
      <br /> 
   </xsl:template> 
   <xsl:template match="age"> 
      Age:  
      <span style="font-family:fantsy;color:#0000ff"> 
         <xsl:value-of select="."/> 
      </span> 
      <br /> 
   </xsl:template> 
</xsl:stylesheet>