Subject: Re: [xsl] How to trim leading and trailing spaces in xsl:attribute? From: JBryant@xxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 12:54:10 -0500 |
Hi, David, Take a peek at the normalize-space function. You can use it like this: <xsl:attribute name="myAttribute"><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(widget)"/></xsl:attribute> A useful shortcut, by the way: <xsl:attribute name="myAttribute" select="normalize-space(widget)"/> Speaking of shortcuts, you can use an Attribute Value Template (AVT) for a lot of these kinds of issues. For example: <xsl:element name="something"> <xsl:attribute name="myAttribute"><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(widget)"/></xsl:attribute> </xsl:element> can often be replaced by: <something myAttribute="{normalize-space(widget)}"/> Of course, you occasionally must use the more verbose way, such as for attributes that are present sometimes and absent other times. Jay Bryant Bryant Communication Services (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies) "Karr, David" <david.karr@xxxxxxxx> 05/25/2005 12:41 PM Please respond to xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject [xsl] How to trim leading and trailing spaces in xsl:attribute? I have an "<xsl:attribute>" element in my stylesheet, and its value is an "<xsl:value-of>" reference which then calls an XPATH function. The resulting single line is a little ugly. I'd like to format the line so it's a little more readable. Unfortunately, I appear to be limited by the semantics of the "<xsl:attribute>" element. It does not trim leading and trailing spaces, and it encodes any newlines found in the resulting value. I'm using JDK 1.4.2, in case there are constraints in the native TRAX implementation inherent in that.
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