XSL - Do I need a Value-of?

Question

<xsl:for-each select="/date/logs">

        <rect>

        <xsl:attribute name="fill">
        red
        </xsl:attribute>

......... This is a portion of my XSL transformation document. When I process it, the red comes out as just


		red
		

Do I need a value-of select and a variable. I'm not that knowledgeable so sorry for my poor explanation.

Could Someone Help me Please, Thanks very much in advance.

Answer 1

You can use literal result elements including attribute values e.g.

<xsl:for-each select="/date/logs">
  <rect fill="red"/>
</xsl:for-each>

If you want or need to populate an attribute value based on a value in your input doc use an attribute value template e.g.

<xsl:for-each select="/date/logs">
  <rect fill="{@color}"/>
</xsl:for-each>

Answer 2

I've now realised the problem was that I had line breaks/spaces. Solved now.