never mind. It was easy one.

just added <xsl:copy-of select="node()"/> to the mode="copy" template.

Thank you, Mr. M. Honner for you answer.

Raffy

"Raffy Gim" wrote:

> 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/
> >