Subject: Re: [xsl] Escaping newlines in an XSL file From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:39:02 -0400 |
Here's how I usually do it. Not quite as readable as you would like, but fairly good. <xsl:template match="/RECORD"> <xsl:value-of select="child::ELEMENT_1" />,<xsl:value-of select="child::ELEMENT_2" />,...<xsl:value-of select="child::ELEMENT_n"/> </xsl:template> Cheers, Tom P [ROBERTS Jeff] > > I have the following problem: > > > > I have a Document tree that represents a single data record containing > > multiple fields. I would like to convert this into a comma delimited text > > string using XSL. > > > > My current approach is to use the following XSL: > > > > <xsl:template match="/RECORD"> > > <xsl:value-of select="child::ELEMENT_1"/>,<xsl:value-of > > select="child::ELEMENT_2"/>,...<xsl:value-of select="child::ELEMENT_n"/> > > </xsl:template> > > > > Where RECORD is actually the root of the tree - there is only 1 record per > > tree. > > > > My problem is that if I break up the second line in the above code so that > > there is one element per line (for readability) > > > > e.g. > > > > <xsl:value-of select="child::ELEMENT_1"/>, > > <xsl:value-of select="child::ELEMENT_2"/>, > > ... > > <xsl:value-of select="child::ELEMENT_n"/> > > > > Then XSL will output the newlines found after each comma to the resulting > > file. > > > > Does anyone know a way I can break up the line above without having XSL > > treat the New Lines as significant ? > > > > Perhaps I am walking down the wrong path with this. Unfortunately I have > > no experience with XSL. The only thing I need it for is to do this one > > simple transformation, but I'm finding the learning curve a little steep > > at the beginning. > > > > Would *greatly* appreciate any help on this one! > > > > Thanks > > > > Jeff Roberts > > Toronto > > > > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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