Re: [xsl] Removing white space from XML file

["Jay Bryant" <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Chad,

XSLT has a function to handle at least part of the problem: 
xsl:normalize-space.

normalize-space removes leading and trailing spaces and reduces any spaces 
within the value it receives to one space. So, "   one     two    " becomes 
"one two".

HTH

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chad Chelius" <cchelius@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:25 PM
Subject: [xsl] Removing white space from XML file


> I am being supplied an XML file that contains white space in both the 
> value of elements and also in the general structure of the XML file.  Most 
> often in the value of each element there are several spaces but  sometimes 
> there are other spaces as well. Is there an easy way to  remove these? 
> Also, within the value of each element, there needs to  be one space 
> instead of several. I know this can be accomplished with  a find change in 
> many programs, but it would be great if I could  remove these extra spaces 
> using an XSLT.
>
> chad