how to replace < nbsp > and < i > tags to spaces

[kannadhasan]

Hi,
am a new bee using xsl to convert xml page to another xml fomat. While I process a para which looks like:

<p>
<b>Sample text:</b>
<nbsp/>these are some sample text<i>text continues here</i>
</p>

I want the string inside the para and when I read, I get the output string of the para as:
Sample text:these are some sample texttext continues here

In those places where I have italics tag and nbsp tag there are no spaces. Please help me to find a solution to replace the <nbsp> and <i> tags to spaces

(I have made it bold to specify where I need spaces)

[pronerd]

Review the w3cschools site. They have a lot of basic examples of using XSL.

You want something like.

    <xsl:for-each select="//nbsp">
        <xsl:value-of > </xsl:value-of >
    </xsl:for-each>
 

[jkmyoung]

I suggest creating a default template like so:

<xsl:template match="*">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
  <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
 

This adds a space after every close element.

To be honest, it's the source xml that is the real problem, but I guess you work with what you get.