Use the normalize-space() function.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of TP
> Sent: 21 February 2002 18:25
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Empty elements
> 
> 
> I have a xml as
> **
> <FIELD_MASK>
> NEOL                                         </FIELD_MASK>
> **
> and I want to compare it
> **
> <xsl:when test = "FIELD_MASK='NEOL'">
> **
> Obviously this will not work because of the prevailing white 
> spaces. Is
> there a way for me to obtain a substring to compare or 
> .trim() this using
> xsl.
> 
> Please let me know.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> TP.
> 
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