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Matching an Element by its ID

The syntax for matching an element by its ID is the same as the syntax for an Xpointer:

<xsl:template match="id([id-value])">

where id-value is the specific value of the ID attribute that you want to select by. This fragment of XSL code in the style sheet:

<xsl:template match= "id(1)">

could select this fragment of XML code in the XML document:

<line id="1">See the Happy Moron!</line>

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