HI ,

I have a xsl like this

<Order>
  <xsl:value-of select="string-length(string(/TemplateName/Order))"/>
</Order>

If the value in /TemplateName/Order is "Simple" it is giving 6

If the value in /TemplateName/Order is just empty space it is giving 6

I dont know why it is giving 6 instead of 1.
My input is

<TemplateName>
  <Order> </Order>
</TemplateName>
See Order just contains space .
If i use <xsl:value-of select="string-length(string(/TemplateName/Order))"/>
It is giving 6 as output . I am using xalan processor .Any info on this?


A. Sasi

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A. Sasi

Very odd, can you show a small reproducible example?

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

MY XSL IS :-

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:js="javascriptcode" xmlns:java="http://xml.apache.org/xslt/java" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:lxslt="http://xml.apache.org/xslt" version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes=" js java xsl lxslt">
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="b"/>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="b">
    <c>
      <c1>
        <xsl:value-of select="string-length(string(/b/b1))"/>
      </c1>
    </c>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

my xml is :-

<b>
  <b1> </b1>
  <b2>August</b2>
</b>

My Output is :-

<c>
<c1>6</c1>
</c>
actually c1 should contain 1 because b1 contains a single space.i dont know why it is happening ?
For this i am using xalan 2.1 processor.Is it because of the processor or because of xsl.

A. Sasi

When I run that with Saxon 8.9 I get the xpected result of 1.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)