Re: whitespace

normbishop1@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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<xsl:output method="text" version="1.0" indent="yes" />

<xsl:template match ="/address" xml:space="preserve">
<xsl:value-of select="firstname" /> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>

The xml:space preserves the whitespace in the *XSLT*, i.e.
the linefeed after the <xsl:template..> opening tag, the
indentation of the next line with the <xsl:value-of.../>
element and the linefeed after this and the indentation
of the next line.
Which all doesnt matter because the serializer reformats
the output because of the indent="yes" in the xsl:output.

Try
      <xsl:template match ="/address">
          <test><xsl:value-of select="firstname" /></test>
       </xsl:template>

you should see
          <test>      Mike</test>
somewhere in the output.