Cheers,
Wendell

Yan, Charlene wrote:
> Is there a way to put an empty string in xsl.

No, not a truly empty string. XSLT is about generating a DOM-like tree of
nodes from which linear output, such as a series of bytes representing an
encoded string, is typically derived automatically. The production of a text
node requires the presence of at least one character. The character could be
a space or other non-printing character though.

___&&__&_&___&_&__&&&__&_&__&__&&____&&_&___&__&_&&_____&__&__&&_____&_&&_
    "Thus I make my own use of the telegraph, without consulting
     the directors, like the sparrows, which I perceive use it
     extensively for a perch." -- Thoreau