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Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rudder, Doug Jr [mailto:Doug.Rudder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 05 October 2007 18:42
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Stripping Only Newlines from Mixed Content
> 
> Is it possible to strip only newlines from nodes containing 
> mixed content in XSLT 1.0?
> 
> I have a situation where incoming XML files occasionally have 
> newlines in the middle of text that need to be stripped, but 
> the text may also contain mixed content elements. For example:
> 
> <p>test <tag>more text</tag> text (TXT)
> and more text after newline.</p>
> 
> This should be output as:
> 
> <p>test <tag>more text</tag> text (TXT) and more text after 
> newline.</p>
> 
> However, if I run the XML through an identity transform and 
> use normalize-space on the text nodes, I get this:
> 
> <p>test<tag>more text</tag>text (TXT) and more text after newline.</p>
> 
> Note that the spaces around the nested <tag> element are gone.
> 
> The newline needs to be stripped out, but the spaces around 
> the nested element need to be retained.
> 
> ============================
> Douglas Rudder
> XML Architect
> Wolters Kluwer Health, Clinical Solutions
> 77 West Port Plaza, Suite 450
> St. Louis, MO 63146
> Phone: 314-216-2227
> email: Doug.Rudder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ============================