The normalize-space() function
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The normalize-space() XPath 2.0 function returns the value of arg with leading and trailing whitespace removed, and sequences of internal whitespace reduced to a single space character.
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string fn:normalize-space(arg) |
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Parameters:
- arg: a node reference or literal.
Example
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:xf="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms"
xmlns:exf="http://smartsite.nl/namespaces/xforms/1.0"
xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions">
<head>
<title>Example</title>
<xf:model>
<xf:instance>
<data xmlns="">
<tekst>
The normalize-space() function
removes leading and trailing spaces from the specified string,
and replaces all internal sequences of whitespace with one.
</tekst>
</data>
</xf:instance>
</xf:model>
</head>
<body>
<xf:group>
<xf:output value="fn:normalize-space(' The normalize-space() function. ')" />
<xf:output value="fn:normalize-space(tekst)" />
</xf:group>
</body>
</html>
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The result will be:
The normalize-space() function.
The normalize-space() function removes leading and trailing spaces from the specified string, and replaces all internal sequences of whitespace with one.
The normalize-space() function removes leading and trailing spaces from the specified string, and replaces all internal sequences of whitespace with one.
Namespace
This function is available within the XPath 2.0 namespace (http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions).