Kudos to Jeni for an elegant and clear solution, as wonted.

In reply to Brian,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Martinez,
> Brian
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:20 AM
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE:  append values to a String 
> 
...
> 
> <xsl:variable name="big-string">
>   <xsl:for-each select="Sample/*">
>     <xsl:if ". != ''">
>       <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>       <xsl:if "position() != last()">,</xsl:if>
>     </xsl:if>
>   </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:variable>
> 
> Note that if the last child node is empty you'll still get a 
> trailing comma
> in your string--I'm sure there's a way to fix that but I have 
> a meeting to
> go to . . .  ;-)
> 
> hth,
> b.
> 

Mr. Wang didn't ask for the final comma to be avoided, but
if we wanted that, how about

      <xsl:if test="following-sibling::*[string()]">,</xsl:if>

Maybe not the most efficient, but it works.

Alternatively, we could take a substring of the $big-string
result to avoid any final comma.

Lars


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