extra space???

crazeydazey · August 11th, 2008, 05:27 AM

Hi guys..

Does anyone know why the following code adds an extra space..

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:template name="pound">
        <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&amp;</xsl:text>pound;
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="/root">
    <p><xsl:call-template name="pound" /><xsl:value-of select="/root/dataItem[name='test']/price" /></p>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

this is the outcome.. Â£ 100

here is the simple XML...

Code:

<root>
  <dataItem>
    <name>test</name>
    <price>100</price>
  </dataItem>
</root>

Cheers

Darren

samjudson · August 11th, 2008, 05:35 AM

XSLT treats whitespace as significant when it appears in a text node which contains none-whitespace characters.

So basically the character return after the "pound;" is considered significant. You can fix this by simply moving the end tag for the xsl:template to straight after the text:

<xsl:template name="pound">
<xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&</xsl:text>pound;</xsl:template>

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

crazeydazey · August 11th, 2008, 05:55 AM

excellent (and simple) fix..

cheers

Daz