Figured it out.

I changed the statement to:

 <xsl:if test=". != '&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;'">

It turns out that the XML processor will change all CR and CR/LF to LF.

It works fine now.

Tom
"tshad" <toms@p...> wrote in message 
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> Not sure why I was using $ when I should have been using &.  But it still 
> didn't help.
>
> I tried:
>
> <xsl:if test=". != '&#xD;&#xA;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;&#x9;'">
>
> and it still doesn't work.
>
> Tom
>
> "tshad" <toms@p...> wrote in message 
> news:%239H4$xSIKHA.4168@T......
>>I also tried:
>>
>> <xsl:if test=". != '$#13;$#10;$#9;$#9;$#9;$#9;'">
>>
>> Also didn't work.
>>
>> Tom
>> "tshad" <toms@p...> wrote in message 
>> news:uWPMHwSIKHA.3736@T......
>>>I tried:
>>>
>>> <xsl:if test=". != '$#13$#10$#9$#9$#9$#9'">
>>>
>>> But that didn't work.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>> "tshad" <toms@p...> wrote in message 
>>> news:Oy4rSiSIKHA.1340@T......
>>>>I just ran into an issue where my xml files have a carriage return, line 
>>>>feed and 6 tabs inside my tags.
>>>>
>>>> Normally I would see something like:
>>>>
>>>> <address></address>
>>>>
>>>> but now I seem to be seeing:
>>>>
>>>> <address>0D0A09090909</address>
>>>>
>>>> Where 0D is a carriage return, 0A is a line feed and 09 is a tab.
>>>>
>>>> I normally test for a blank fiield like so:
>>>>
>>>> <xsl:when test=". != ''">
>>>>
>>>> but this doesn't work for this.  How would I test for these special 
>>>> characters?
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to get the people who create the form to fix it, but until 
>>>> then I still need to process the xml files.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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