Kudos to Jeni for an elegant and clear solution, as wonted.
In reply to Brian,
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From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com]On Behalf Of
Martinez,
Brian
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:20 AM
To: 'xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com'
Subject: RE: [xsl] append values to a String
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<xsl:variable name="big-string">
<xsl:for-each select="Sample/*">
<xsl:if ". != ''">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
<xsl:if "position() != last()">,</xsl:if>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:variable>
Note that if the last child node is empty you'll still get a
trailing comma
in your string--I'm sure there's a way to fix that but I have
a meeting to
go to . . . ;-)
hth,
b.
Mr. Wang didn't ask for the final comma to be avoided, but
if we wanted that, how about
<xsl:if test="following-sibling::*[string()]">,</xsl:if>
Maybe not the most efficient, but it works.
Alternatively, we could take a substring of the $big-string
result to avoid any final comma.
Lars
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