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			ELEMENT: xsl:text <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes" \| "no" > </xsl:text> The xsl:text element is used to add literal text to the output. This element cannot contain any other XSL elements. It can only contain text. Normally, any text that occurs in a stylesheet will be copied to the output regardless if it is enclosed by an xsl:text element. However, there are two primary reasons for using the xsl:text element: The first is to control white-space. Extra white-space is preserved by using this element. In other words, a text will be displayed as it really is without any extra white-spaces being removed. The second is to handle special characters such as an ampersand (&) or a greater-than sign (>). For example, you may wish a > to be displayed as a >. This is referred to as controlling output escaping. This is not a self-closing element. The separate closing element is mandatory. *disable-output-escaping="yes" \| "no"* The optional disable-output-escaping attribute turns on or off the ability to escape special characters. If set to no, a > will appear as a > in the text. If set to yes, a > will appear as a >. (This attribute should be used with care. Remember that XML requires a well-formed code in that all tags or elements must be closed. If set to yes, you could accidentally create a non-well-formed document.) We use the DevGuru Staff List XML file for our example with the following header: <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="xslt_example_text.xsl"?> and we name it: xslt_example_text.xml Code for xslt_example_text.xsl: <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:output method="html" /> <xsl:template match="/"> <html> <body> <xsl:text>The DevGuru Staff Members are < /xsl:text> <xsl:for-each select="devguru_staff/programmer"> <xsl:value-of select="name" /> <xsl:if test="position()!=last()"> <xsl:text>, </xsl:text> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="position()=last()-1"> <xsl:text> and </xsl:text> </xsl:if> <xsl:if test="position()=last()"> <xsl:text>!</xsl:text> </xsl:if> </xsl:for-each> </body> </html> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: Click to view output in separate window - requires Internet Explorer