Re: xsl:attribute introducing a lot of whitespace

Vijay wrote:

  Hi

>     <xsl:attribute name="href">
>      #<xsl:value-of select="translate($namevar,' ','_')"/>_cost      
    
>     </xsl:attribute>

  When the stylesheet is compiled, the only-whitespace-nodes
(and only them) are ignored.  In your above example, the
xsl:attribute has three children: 1/ one text node starting
with a newline then spaces then a '#', 2/ the xsl:value-of
element and 3/ a text node starting with '_cost' then a
newline then spaces.

  Because they are not only-whitespaces-text-nodes, the text
nodes are not ignored by the XSLT processor.  You have to
solutions: 1/ correct the text nodes in your stylesheet or
2/ use xsl:text:

    <xsl:attribute name="href">#<xsl:value-of
select="translate($namevar,' ','_')"/>_cost</xsl:attribute>

    <xsl:attribute name="href">
      <xsl:text>#</xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="translate($namevar,' ','_')"/>
      <xsl:text>_cost</xsl:text>
    </xsl:attribute>

  The use of xsl:text let you keep a correctly indented
code.  Personnally, I *always* use xsl:text when I want to
generate a text node (except maybe in literal elements).
That helps to avoid such errors.

  Regards,

--drkm



















	

	
		
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