Hi,

> I'm trying to capture elements from an XML document by using an XSL document that splits the XML elements with a comma.  When I apply my XSL with the XML, it gives all of the elements followed by a comma, but the last element has a comma attached to it also.  I don't want that last comma.  What can I do to get rid of the comma that is attached to the last element.

One solution is to strip of the last delimiter with XPath:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
	
<xsl:template match="/eBay/*"/>
	
<xsl:template match="/eBay/WatchList">
	<xsl:variable name="out">
		<xsl:apply-templates select="Items/Item/Id"/>
	</xsl:variable>
	<xsl:value-of select="substring($out,1,string-length($out)-1)"/>
</xsl:template>
	
<xsl:template match="Id">
	<xsl:value-of select="."/><xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Another option is preventing the delimiter from being added the last time. SOmething like this:

<xsl:template match="/eBay/WatchList">
		<xsl:apply-templates select="Items/Item/Id"/>
</xsl:template>
	
<xsl:template match="Id[count(following::Id)!=0]">
	<xsl:value-of select="."/><xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>


regards,

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