Re: adding space in xslt and trimming last space in ja

I have an XML-file that contains a sequence of ids. I need to transform this to a String of space separated ids.
So I transform the xml to a text file and after each id-node I add a space, like this:

<xsl:template match="*">
   <xsl:for-each select="//ns1:genbankid">
       <xsl:value-of select="text()"/>&#xa0;</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

but when I try to trim the space of the lastly added id, it refuses to do it! My application is in Java:

ids.trim()

does not work.

<xsl:for-each select="//nsl:genbankid">
  <xsl:value-of select="."/>
  <xsl:if test="not(position() = last())">&#xa0;</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>

Any suggestions?? In VIM the transformed file shows not a space but a capital A with a ^ on top, I assume this is the problem.

what can I use instead of  ??

<xsl:if test="not(position() = last())">
  <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:if>

Cheers,
Wendell

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