joining the values of a tag

Hello,
For following XML How can I do word counting and joining the values 
that comes in <IMPORTANT> 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<search-result>
<document-list>
<document>
<important>
<p>
<IMPORTANT>test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6</IMPORTANT>
</p>
<b>
<IMPORTANT>test7 test8</IMPORTANT>
</b>
<p>
<IMPORTANT> test9 test10 <Hit n-wordpos="6879">Auto</Hit> test1 test2 
test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 test10 </IMPORTANT>
</p>
</important>
</document>
<document>
<important>
<p>
<IMPORTANT>test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 
test10 <Hit n-wordpos="19548">Auto</Hit>test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 
test6 test7 test8 test9 test10</IMPORTANT>
</p>
<p>
<IMPORTANT>test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8</IMPORTANT>
<scaps>
<IMPORTANT>test9</IMPORTANT>
</scaps>
<IMPORTANT>test10<Hit n-wordpos="35689">Auto</Hit> test1 test2 test3 
</IMPORTANT>
<scaps>
<IMPORTANT>test4</IMPORTANT>
</scaps>
<IMPORTANT>test5 test6 test7 <Hit n-wordpos="35696">Auto</Hit> test1 
test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 test10 </IMPORTANT>
</p>
<p>
<IMPORTANT>test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 
test10<Hit n-wordpos="65109">Auto</Hit> test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 
test6 test7 test8 test9 test10</IMPORTANT>
</p>
</important>
</document>
</document-list>
</search-result>



> From the above XML I?d like to combine the values of <IMPORTANT> 
ten words that appears before and 10 words that appear after <Hit> 
under the SAME PARENT. So under each <document>/<important> I?d like 
to display the values of <IMPORTANT> in a new line that begins and 
ends with ???. The output should look as specified below:

desired output
..test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 test10 Auto 
test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 test10 ...
..test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 test10 Auto 
test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 test10 ...


Currently I've following XSL that produces the output but it is not 
combining the values of <IMPORTANT>, instead it
outputs the values in a separate line like
..test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6...
..test7...

But I want my output to look like the one specified under "desired 
output"

current XSL
<xsl:template match="IMPORTANT">
  <xsl:if test="$ displayImportants ='true'">
   <xsl:if test="position() &lt; $ important">
   <br/>...<xsl:apply-templates/>...
   </xsl:if>
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="Hit | important">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="$displayImportants='true'">
      <xsl:if test="position() &lt; $important">
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
      </xsl:if>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>


What should I change in my current XSL so that I get the desired output?

Thanks for the help.

-Mani











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