Re: [xsl] removing trailing space for all the elements

[George Cristian Bina <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Something like below will do it:

<xsl:template match="node() | @*">
    <xsl:copy>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="node() | @*"/>
    </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="text()" priority="1">
    <xsl:variable name="normalized" select="normalize-space(.)"/>
    <xsl:variable name="firstToken" 
select="substring-before($normalized, ' ')"/>
    <xsl:value-of select="if ($normalized='' or $firstToken!='')
        then concat ($firstToken, substring-after(., $firstToken))
        else concat ($normalized, substring-after(., $normalized))
        "/>
</xsl:template>

Depending on your actual needs you may find that the simpler solution 
below also works for you:

<xsl:template match="node() | @*">
    <xsl:copy>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="node() | @*"/>
    </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="text()" priority="1">
    <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(.)"/>
</xsl:template>

Best Regards,
George
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M Balaji wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>  I need to remove trailing space for all the elements. Any help
> appreciated.
>
>  Input:
>
>  <?xml version="1.0"?>
>  <Toc>
>  <a> Say you want display this <emph type="b"> data</emph> in the form of a
>  sequentially numbered booklist.</a>
>  </Toc>
>
>  Expected Output:
>
>  <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <Toc>
> <a>Say you want display this <emph type="b">data</emph> in the form of a
> sequentially numbered booklist.</a>
> </Toc>
>
>
> Tried Coding:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform version="1.0">
>
> <xsl:template match="*|@*">
> <xsl:copy>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="normalize-space(*)"/>
> </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
> For the above style sheet I'm getting error "apply-templates expected
> node()" and I'm using saxon version 8.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Balaji. M