normalize-space Function
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4/8/2010
Returns the argument string with the white space stripped.
Syntax
string normalize-space(string)
Parameters
- string
A string.
Return Value
The argument string with the white space removed.
Remarks
White space is normalized by stripping leading and trailing white space and replacing sequences of white space characters with a single space. If the argument is omitted, the string-value of the context node is normalized and returned.
The following function call returns "abc".
normalize-space(" abc ")
If an argument is not of type string, it is first converted to a string and then evaluated.