Re: how to concatenate fields?

Tiffany Blake wrote:
> does this look correct?
Not quite.

> <xsl:if test="string-length(location)&gt;0">
>    <p><b><xsl:value-of select="location"/></b>" - "
                                                        ^
The linefeed  and the space used for indentation on the next line
will appear in the output and produce a visible space in the browser.
The quotes will also appear in the output.
You should use xsl:text here (see below)

>    <xsl:value-of select="publish_date"/>" - "</p>
The </p> end tag will end the block, i.e. you are getting
a new line in the browser.

Try
  <p>
    <xsl:if test="string-length(location)&gt;0">
      <b><xsl:value-of select="location"/></b>
      <xsl:text>-</xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="publish_date"/>
      <xsl:text>-</xsl:text>
    </xsl:if>
    <xsl:if test="string-length(/gapinc/body_text)&gt;0">
      <xsl:apply-templates select="/gapinc/body_text"/>
    </xsl:if>
  </p>

J.Pietschmann

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