If no XPORT statements are found, there will be no output.
<v0>val</v0><v1>val</v1>
Let's assume that the xport command looks like this:
rrdtool xport \
--start now-1h --end now \
DEF:xx=host-inout.lo.rrd:output:AVERAGE \
DEF:yy=host-inout.lo.rrd:input:AVERAGE \
CDEF:aa=xx,yy,+,8,* \
XPORT:xx:"out bytes" \
XPORT:aa:"in and out bits"
The resulting meta data section is (the values will depend on the RRD characteristics):
<meta>
<start>1020611700</start>
<step>300</step>
<end>1020615600</end>
<rows>14</rows>
<columns>2</columns>
<legend>
<entry>out bytes</entry>
<entry>in and out bits</entry>
</legend>
</meta>
The resulting data section is:
<data>
<row><t>1020611700</t><v>3.4000000000e+00</v><v>5.4400000000e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020612000</t><v>3.4000000000e+00</v><v>5.4400000000e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020612300</t><v>3.4000000000e+00</v><v>5.4400000000e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020612600</t><v>3.4113333333e+00</v><v>5.4581333333e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020612900</t><v>3.4000000000e+00</v><v>5.4400000000e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020613200</t><v>3.4000000000e+00</v><v>5.4400000000e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020613500</t><v>3.4000000000e+00</v><v>5.4400000000e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020613800</t><v>3.4000000000e+00</v><v>5.4400000000e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020614100</t><v>3.4000000000e+00</v><v>5.4400000000e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020614400</t><v>3.4000000000e+00</v><v>5.4400000000e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020614700</t><v>3.7333333333e+00</v><v>5.9733333333e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020615000</t><v>3.4000000000e+00</v><v>5.4400000000e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020615300</t><v>3.4000000000e+00</v><v>5.4400000000e+01</v></row>
<row><t>1020615600</t><v>NaN</v><v>NaN</v></row>
</data>
rrdtool xport \
DEF:out=if1-inouts.rrd:outoctets:AVERAGE \
XPORT:out:"out bytes"
rrdtool xport \
DEF:out1=if1-inouts.rrd:outoctets:AVERAGE \
DEF:out2=if2-inouts.rrd:outoctets:AVERAGE \
CDEF:sum=out1,out2,+ \
XPORT:out1:"if1 out bytes" \
XPORT:out2:"if2 out bytes" \
XPORT:sum:"output sum"