> a problem i just encounteres was that when i am passed an 
> element that has a
> newline in its content, ie
> 
> <ipAddr>
> 
> 1.2.3.4 / 24
> </ipAddr>
> 
> is there any way to read this element in as
> <ipAddr>1.2.3.4 / 24</ipAddr>
> perserving the regular space and text while removing newlines 
> & carriage returns?
>
 
The normalize-space() function will probably do what you want.

Mike Kay

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