"Oliver Block" <news200605@b...> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> in my xslt document I apply (besides others) to templates in a row of the
> following form:
>
>    <xsl:template match="method/parameter[position() = 1]">
>       <xsl:value-of select="attribute::name"/> /* <xsl:value-of
> select="attrbutetype"/> */
>    </xsl:template>
>
>    <xsl:template match="method/parameter[position() > 1]">
>       , <xsl:value-of select="attribute::name"/> /* <xsl:value-of
> select="attrbutetype"/> */
>    </xsl:template>
>
>
> I want the output of these two templates appear in a SINGLE ROW. Right now
> they appear in several rows. How can I accomplish that?
>
> tia,
>
> Oliver
>

I've found the best solution to this problem is simply to never leave string
literals lying around inline with the rest of your xsl code.  Always place
it inside an xsl:text element.  Your code would then look like:-

  <xsl:template match="method/parameter[position() = 1]">
      <xsl:value-of select="attribute::name"/>
      <xsl:text> /* </xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="attrbutetype"/>
      <xsl:text> */ </xsl:text>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="method/parameter[position() > 1]">
      <xsl:text>, <xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="attribute::name"/>
      <xsl:text> /* <xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="attrbutetype"/>
      <xsl:text> */ <xsl:text>
   </xsl:template>

This allows you to format your XSL in a way that suits readability of the
code. New lines are only copied to the output if they are found in a text
element.  To write a text element that represents the end of line use:-

<xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>

This can help preserve the indentation formating of your XSL code in your
original source code.