RE: how to get < sign in output of an xslt

[Sai, Mukundan]

> i have an xslt which is outputting a text ...
> i want  '< ' symbol to appear in the text output ...
> when i use  &lt; it is outputted as '&lt;' only not as '<' .. 
> only if i view the ouput in ie do i get '<' symbol .. can 
> anybody tell me how 
> to get '<' in the text output of an xslt ..
> thanks in advance  
The solution depends on what you want to achieve.  If you want the
output to **look like** "<" in a browser, you do not have to do
anything.  The html or xml output will actually contain "&lt;" but it
will **display** as you want in the browser.

If you want to produce text output (for the entire output document), and
not html or xml,  then specify method='text' in the xsl:output element,
and a real "<" will be emitted.

If you want to have an actual "<" in xml or html output, you cannot have
that.  This is a fundamental thing about xml (and html).

Cheers,

Tom P

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