Use the "text" output method (xsl:output method="text").

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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sai, Mukundan
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> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:03 AM
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> Subject:  how to get < sign in output of an xslt 
> 
> 
> hi everybody ...
> i have an xslt which is outputting a text ...
> i want  '< ' symbol to appear in the text output ...
> when i use  &lt; it is outputted as '&lt;' only not as '<' .. 
> only if i view
> the ouput in ie do i get '<' symbol .. can anybody tell me how 
> to get '<' in the text output of an xslt ..
> thanks in advance  
> rgds ..
> Mukund 
> 
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