Dear Mr. Martin Honner,

Your answer is greatful.
May I ask one more question?
How could you copy all subtree as they appears if <row> node has several 
children?
I thought I can easily modify the answer using copy-of, but have not figured.

input xml:

<layout> 
<row type="1" name="one"><color>b1</color></row> 
<row type="9999" name="first spacer"/> 
<row type="2" name="two"><color>b2</color></row> 
<row type="3" name="three"><color>b3</color></row> 
<row type="7 name="seven"><color>b4</color></row> 
<row type="9999" name="second spacer"/> 
<row type="4" name="four"><color>b5</color></row> 
<row type="5" name="five"><color>b6</color></row> 
</layout> 

the output xml:
<layout>
    <group name="nogroup">
       <row type="1" name="one"><color>b1</color></row>
    </group>
     <group name="first spacer">
       <row type="2" name="two"><color>b2</color></row>
       <row type="3" name="three"><color>b3</color></row>
        <row type="7 name="seven"><color>b4</color></row>
    </group>
     <group name="second spacer">
         <row type="4" name="four"><color>b5</color></row>
         <row type="5" name="five"><color>b6</color></row>
      </group>
</layout>

thx in advance again,

Raffy

"Martin Honnen" wrote:

> 
> 
> Raffy Gim wrote:
> 
> 
> > <layout>
> >     <row type="1" name="one"/>
> >     <row type="9999" name="first spacer"/>
> >     <row type="2" name="two"/>
> >      <row type="3" name="three"/>
> >      <row type="7 name="seven"/>
> >      <row type="9999" name="second spacer"/>
> >      <row type="4" name="four"/>
> >       <row type="5" name="five"/>
> > </layout>
> > 
> > The xml I want to have from the original xml above is
> > <layout>
> >     <group name="nogroup">
> >        <row type="1" name="one"/>
> >     </group>
> >      <group name="first spacer">
> >        <row type="2" name="two"/>
> >        <row type="3" name="three"/>
> >         <row type="7 name="seven"/>
> >     </group>
> >      <group name="second spacer">
> >          <row type="4" name="four"/>
> >          <row type="5" name="five"/>
> >       </group>
> > </layout>
> 
> One way is to use
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>    version="1.0">
> 
> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" />
> 
> <xsl:template match="layout">
>    <xsl:copy>
>      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*" />
>      <xsl:apply-templates select="row[1]" />
>    </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="row[@type = '9999']">
>    <group name="{@name}">
>      <xsl:apply-templates select="following-sibling::row[1][@type != 
> '9999']" mode="copy" />
>    </group>
>    <xsl:apply-templates select="following-sibling::row[@type = 
> '9999'][1]" />
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="row">
>    <group name="nogroup">
>      <xsl:copy>
>        <xsl:apply-templates select="@* " />
>      </xsl:copy>
>    </group>
>    <xsl:apply-templates select="following-sibling::row[1]" />
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="row" mode="copy">
>    <xsl:copy>
>      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*" />
>    </xsl:copy>
>    <xsl:apply-templates select="following-sibling::row[1][@type != 
> '9999']" mode="copy" />
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="@*">
>    <xsl:copy />
> </xsl:template>
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 	Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> 	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
>