The <xsl:text> Element

Definition and Usage

The <xsl:text> element is used to write literal text to the output.

Tip: This element may contain literal text, entity references, and #PCDATA.

Note: This element may have NON-standard behavior in IE 5.X!

Syntax

<xsl:text
disable-output-escaping="yes|no">

  <!-- Content:#PCDATA -->

</xsl:text>

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
disable-output-escaping	yes no	Optional. "yes" indicates that special characters (like "<") should be output as is. "no" indicates that special characters (like "<") should be output as "<". Default is "no". This attribute is not supported by Netscape 6

Example 1

Display the title of each cd. Insert ", " between each cd-title if it is not the last cd or the last but one. If it is the last cd, add "!" behind the title. If it is the last but one cd, add ", and " behind the title:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">
  <html>
  <body>
    <h2>My CD Collection</h2>
    <p>Titles:
    <xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">
      <xsl:value-of select="title"/>
      <xsl:if test="position()!=last()">
        <xsl:text>, </xsl:text>
      </xsl:if>
      <xsl:if test="position()=last()-1">
        <xsl:text>, and </xsl:text>
      </xsl:if>
      <xsl:if test="position()=last()">
        <xsl:text>!</xsl:text>
      </xsl:if>
    </xsl:for-each>
    </p>
  </body>
  </html>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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