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		&lt;head>&lt;title>Value of XML elements&lt;/title>&lt;/head>
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		&lt;caption align="left">&lt;B>value-of select= ... &lt;/B>&lt;/caption>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> . &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD> &lt;xsl:value-of select="." /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> / &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD> &lt;xsl:value-of select="/" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> addrbook &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="addrbook" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> addrbook/entry &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="addrbook/entry" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> addrbook/entry[1] &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="addrbook/entry[1]" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> addrbook/entry[2] &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="addrbook/entry[2]" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> addrbook/entry[last( )] &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="addrbook/entry[last()]" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> addrbook/entry[last( )-1] &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="addrbook/entry[last()-1]" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/name &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/name" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/name/text( ) &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/name/text()" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/name/first &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/name/first" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/name/first/text( ) &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/name/first/text()" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/address &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/address" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/address/text( ) &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/address/text()" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/address/city &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/address/city" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/address/zip &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/address/zip" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/address/@country &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/address/@country" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/address/@country/text( ) &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/address/@country/text()" /> --invalid --&lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry[2]/comment( ) &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry[2]/comment()" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry[2]/name/last &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry[2]/name/last" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry[2]/name/last[2] &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry[2]/name/last[2]" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/address/city[@state] &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/address/city[@state]" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B>&lt;nobr> /addrbook/entry/address/city[@state='FL'] &lt;/nobr>&lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/address/city[@state='FL']" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/address[zip] &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/address[zip]" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> /addrbook/entry/address[zip='54321'] &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/address[zip='54321']" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B>&lt;nobr> /addrbook/entry/name/last &lt;/nobr>&lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="/addrbook/entry/name/last" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B> count(/addrbook/entry/name/last) &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="count(/addrbook/entry/name/last)" /> &lt;/TD>
		&lt;/TR>&lt;TR>
		&lt;TD>&lt;B>&lt;nobr> //last &lt;/nobr>&lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="//last" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> count(//last) &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="count(//last)" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> sum(/addrbook/entry/address/zip) &lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="sum(/addrbook/entry/address/zip)" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> sum(/addrbook/entry/address/zip) div 2&lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="sum(/addrbook/entry/address/zip) div 2" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> substring(/addrbook/entry, 1, 25)&lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="substring(/addrbook/entry, 1, 25)" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> substring-after(/addrbook/entry, '123')&lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="substring-after(/addrbook/entry, '123')" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;TD>&lt;B> contains(addrbook/entry, 'New York')&lt;/B>&lt;/TD>
		&lt;TD>&lt;xsl:value-of select="contains(addrbook/entry, 'New York')" /> &lt;/TD>
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		&lt;H1>Extract value-of XML Elements&lt;/H1>
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		&lt;addrbook>
    		    &lt;entry>
			&lt;!-- first entry -->
			&lt;name>
			    &lt;first>Sam&lt;/first>
			    &lt;last>Sultan&lt;/last>
			&lt;/name>
			&lt;address country="US">123 Main street
			    &lt;city state="NY">New York&lt;/city>
			    &lt;zip>12345&lt;/zip>
			&lt;/address>
    		    &lt;/entry>
    		    &lt;entry>
			&lt;!-- second entry -->
			&lt;name>
			    &lt;first>Donald&lt;/first>
			    &lt;last type="normal">Duck&lt;/last>
			    &lt;last type="aka">Quack&lt;/last>
			&lt;/name>
			&lt;address country="US">1 Magic Kingdom Drive
			    &lt;city state="FL">Orlando&lt;/city>
			    &lt;zip>54321&lt;/zip>
			&lt;/address>
    		    &lt;/entry>
		&lt;/addrbook>
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