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Ah ha! Double the single quotes inside a pair of single quotes! I was trying to use & #39; inside single quotes. And thanks for pointing out the "separator" attribute. -- Charles Knell cknell@xxxxxxxxxx - email -----Original Message----- From: Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 21:06:32 +0100 To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: Help quoting sequence elements <xsl:value-of select="for $i in $code-list return concat('''', $i, '''')" separator=", "/> Incidentally, the expression for $i in $code-list return $i is just a long-winded way of writing $code-list Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: cknell@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cknell@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 03 July 2007 20:48 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Help quoting sequence elements > > I have this variable defined in my stylesheet: > > <xsl:variable name="code-list" > select="document('../../hiring-report/xml/position-translation > .xml')/position-translation/position/code[@pf='pf']" /> > > In a template, I have this element: > <xsl:value-of select="for $i in $code-list return $i" /> > > which produces output like this: > ACC ACT AO ATT AUD BA CI CLK ... > > This is good, but I need output like this: > > 'ACC',' ACT',' AO',' ATT',' AUD',' BA',' CI',' CLK', ... > > That is to say, I need the individual elements of the > sequence to be surrounded by single quotes and separated by commas. > > I've been reviewing some examples, but can't figure out how > to employ concat() to get the result I need. I'm at the point > where I've concluded that there is something fundamental I > don't understand here and I'm asking for someone to point it out. > > Thanks. > > This produces > > -- > Charles Knell > cknell@xxxxxxxxxx - email
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