Other XSLT Semantics
| symbol | meaning | where used |
|---|---|---|
| | | union operator. used to group nodesets in XPath expressions. | select attributes of elements such as xsl:when, xsl:if, xsl:for-each |
| & | and | any conditional or match criterion, for example xsl:if.test, xsl:when.test, xsl:template.select and xsl:for-each.select |
| end comment | anywhere not in a tag | |
| $ | start of a variable name | anywhere in a tag, for example xsl:value-of.select and xsl:variable.name |
| name | the name of the tag being processed. Useful if the matching criteria contains |s (pipe symbols) | any conditional or match criterion, for example xsl:if.test, xsl:when.test, xsl:template.select and xsl:for-each.select |
| @ | an attribute within the XML | any conditional or match criterion, for example xsl:if.test, xsl:when.test, xsl:template.select and xsl:for-each.select |
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