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You can write <xsl:attribute name="x"> <xsl:value-of select="abc"/> </xsl:attribute> Whitespace-only text nodes in a stylesheet are ignored, unless you specify xml:space="preserve" (which I wouldn't recommend). Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Karr, David [mailto:david.karr@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: 25 May 2005 18:41 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: How to trim leading and trailing spaces in > xsl:attribute? > > I have an "<xsl:attribute>" element in my stylesheet, and its value is > an "<xsl:value-of>" reference which then calls an XPATH function. The > resulting single line is a little ugly. I'd like to format > the line so > it's a little more readable. Unfortunately, I appear to be limited by > the semantics of the "<xsl:attribute>" element. It does not trim > leading and trailing spaces, and it encodes any newlines found in the > resulting value. > > I'm using JDK 1.4.2, in case there are constraints in the native TRAX > implementation inherent in that.
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