normalize-space demo
File: Data.xml <poem> <verse>line 1</verse> <verse> line 2 </verse> </poem> File: Transform.xslt <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no" /> <xsl:template match="verse"> <xsl:value-of select="concat('length: ',string-length(.))" /> <xsl:if test="contains(.,'light')"> <xsl:text>light: yes!</xsl:text> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="starts-with(.,'Seest')"> <xsl:text>Yes, starts with "Seest"</xsl:text> </xsl:if> <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(.)" /> <xsl:value-of select="translate(.,'abcde','ABCD')" /> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: length: 6line 1lin 1 length: 13line 2 lin 2
1. | normalize-space() function and if statement | ||
2. | normalize-space | ||
3. | Use normalize-space() function to normalize space for elements and attributes |