local-name() Function  
Returns the local part of the first node in the argument node-set.
 
Inputs

A node-set. If the node-set is empty, the function returns an empty string. If the node-set is omitted, the function uses a node-set with the context node as its only member.
 
Output

A string corresponding to the local name of the first element in the argument node-set. If the node-set is empty, the local-name() function returns an empty string.

 
Defined in

XPath section 4.1, Node Set Functions.

 
Example

Here is a stylesheet that uses the document() function to process all its own nodes. It then calls the local-name() function against each node.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  xmlns:months="Lookup table for month names">

  <months:name sequence="12">December</months:name>
  <months:name sequence="01">January</months:name>
  <months:name sequence="02">February</months:name>
  <months:name sequence="03">March</months:name>
  <months:name sequence="04">April</months:name>
  <months:name sequence="05">May</months:name>
  <months:name sequence="06">June</months:name>
  <months:name sequence="07">July</months:name>
  <months:name sequence="08">August</months:name>
  <months:name sequence="09">September</months:name>
  <months:name sequence="10">October</months:name>
  <months:name sequence="11">November</months:name>

  <xsl:output method="text"/>

  <xsl:variable name="newline">
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
  </xsl:variable>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
    <xsl:text>A test of the local-name() function:</xsl:text>

    <xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
    <xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
    <xsl:for-each select="document('')//*">
      <xsl:text>local-name: </xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="local-name()"/>
      <xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

The stylesheet generates these results:


A test of the local-name() function:

local-name: stylesheet
local-name: name
local-name: name
local-name: name
local-name: name
local-name: name
local-name: name
local-name: name
local-name: name
local-name: name
local-name: name
local-name: name
local-name: name
local-name: output
local-name: variable
local-name: text
local-name: template
local-name: value-of
local-name: text
local-name: value-of
local-name: value-of
local-name: for-each
local-name: text
local-name: value-of
local-name: value-of