in reply to Conversion of Files Using XSLT

I usually use XML::XSH2 to deal with XML (to get us back on the Perl track). I created an input file like this:
<r> <ch> <PortDetails> <PortType>A</PortType> <PortCode>USBAL</PortCode> <CutOffDate>2016-09-28</CutOffDate> <CutOffTime>12:00</CutOffTime> </PortDetails> </ch> <ch> <PortDetails> <PortType>L</PortType> <PortCode>USMIA</PortCode> <ETD>2016-10-13</ETD> </PortDetails> </ch> </r>

and used the following xsh script to create a new file:

my $in := open { $ARGV[0] } ; my $out := create RoutingDetails ; my $rd = $out/RoutingDetails ; my $pda = $in//PortDetails[PortType='A'] ; if $pda { set $rd/StageQualifier 1 ; set $rd/TransportMode 1 ; set $rd/TransportName 'NV PRECARRIAGE' ; insert element Origin into $rd ; cp $pda/PortCode/text() into $rd/Origin ; insert element ETD into $rd ; cp $pda/CutOffDate/text() into $rd/ETD ; } my $pdl = $in//PortDetails[PortType='L'] ; if $pdl { insert element Destination into $rd ; cp $pdl/PortCode/text() into $rd/Destination ; insert element ETA into $rd ; cp $pdl/ETD/text() into $rd/ETA ; } save :f 'output.xml' $out ;

The output was different to what you stated, because it correctly used the values present in the input.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RoutingDetails> <StageQualifier>1</StageQualifier> <TransportMode>1</TransportMode> <TransportName>NV PRECARRIAGE</TransportName> <Origin>USBAL</Origin> <ETD>2016-09-28</ETD> <Destination>USMIA</Destination> <ETA>2016-10-13</ETA> </RoutingDetails>

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