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<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" /> <xsl:strip-space elements="*" /> <!-- identity transform --> <xsl:template match="@*|node()"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" /> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="*[contains(name(), '_')]" name="nest"> <xsl:param name="name" select="name()" /> <xsl:param name="delimiter" select="'_'" /> <xsl:param name="text" select="." /> <xsl:variable name="token" select="substring-before(concat($text, $delimiter), $delimiter)" /> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="contains($name, $delimiter)"> <xsl:element name="{substring-before($name, $delimiter)}"> <xsl:value-of select="$token" /> </xsl:element> <xsl:element name="{substring-after($name, $delimiter)}"> <xsl:variable name="token" select="substring-after($text, $delimiter)" /> <xsl:value-of select="$token" /> <!-- recursive call --> <xsl:call-template name="nest"> <xsl:with-param name="name" select="substring-after($name, $delimiter)" /> <xsl:with-param name="text" select="substring-after($text, $delimiter)" /> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:element> </xsl:when> </xsl:choose> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>

I'm trying to split the elements into new elements, from this format : <CTP> <name>ABSA bank</name> <BAs.BA>bank|sector|issuer</BAs.BA> <altIDs.altID.label_altSystem>ABSB_BBG|ASB_Reuters</altIDs.altID.label_altSystem> </CTP> to this format: <CTP> <name>ABSA bank</name> <BAs> <BA>bank</BA> <BA>sector</BA> <BA>issuer</BA> </BAs> <altIDs> <aldID> <label>ABSB</label> <altSystem>BBG</altSystem> </aldID> <aldID> <label>ASB</label> <altSystem>Reuters</altSystem> </aldID> </altIDs> </CTP> What I did so far is to transform this format: <CTP> <name>ABSA bank</name> <BAs.BA>bank|sector|issuer</BAs.BA> <FAs.FA.F>dep|sec|issue</FAs.FA.F> </CTP> to this formmat : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <CTP> <name>ABSA bank</name> <BAs> <BA>bank</BA> <BA>sector</BA> <BA>issuer</BA> </BAs> <FAs> <FA> <F>dep</F> <F>sec</F> <F>issue</F> </FA> </FAs> </CTP> Using this Code with the help of @michael.hor257k <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/> <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/> <!-- identity transform --> <xsl:template match="@*|node()"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="*[contains(name(), '.')]" name="nest"> <xsl:param name="name" select="name()"/> <xsl:param name="delimiter" select="'.'"/> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="contains($name, $delimiter)"> <xsl:element name="{substring-before($name, $delimiter)}" > <!-- recursive call --> <xsl:call-template name="nest"> <xsl:with-param name="name" select="substring-after($name, $delimiter)"/> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:element> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:call-template name="tokenize"> <xsl:with-param name="name" select="$name"/> <xsl:with-param name="text" select="."/> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:template> <xsl:template name="tokenize"> <xsl:param name="name"/> <xsl:param name="text"/> <xsl:param name="delimiter" select="'|'"/> <xsl:variable name="token" select="substring-before(concat($text, $delimiter), $delimiter)" /> <xsl:if test="$token"> <xsl:element name="{$name}" > <xsl:value-of select="$token"/> </xsl:element> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="contains($text, $delimiter)"> <!-- recursive call --> <xsl:call-template name="tokenize"> <xsl:with-param name="name" select="$name"/> <xsl:with-param name="text" select="substring-after($text, $delimiter)"/> </xsl:call-template> </xsl:if> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> The tricky step that I need is how to use many delimiters and access layers and levels to write the needed XML format.