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			ELEMENT: xsl:preserve-space <xsl:preserve-space elements="names" /> The xsl:preserve-space element is used to keep white-space only nodes in the output. Note that the default is to leave white-space only nodes. Therefore, it is only necessary to use the xsl:preserve-space element when you use the xsl:strip-space element and wish to insure that certain white-space nodes are not removed. By white-space, we refer to carriage returns, line feeds, spaces and tabs. No text or numbers appear in the node. The related xsl:strip-space element is used to remove white-space only nodes so that they do not appear in the output. This is a self-closing element and it cannot contain any child elements or any content. elements="names" The mandatory elements attribute is a white-space delimited list of the names of the elements in which all of the white-space nodes must not be removed. You can also use generic names with wild cards. We use the DevGuru Staff List XML file for our example with the following header: <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="xslt_example_preservespace.xsl"?> and we name it: xslt_example_preservespace.xml In this example, we preserve white-space nodes for name and remove white nodes for phone and address. Code for xslt_example_preservespace.xsl: <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:strip-space elements="phone address" /> <xsl:preserve-space elements="name" /> <xsl:template match="/"> <html> <body> <xsl:for-each select="devguru_staff/programmer"> <div> <xsl:value-of select="name" /> <br /> <xsl:value-of select="dob" /> <br /> <xsl:value-of select="age" /> <br /> <xsl:value-of select="address" /> <br /> <xsl:value-of select="phone" /> <hr /> </div> </xsl:for-each> </body> </html> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: Click to view output in separate window - requires Internet Explorer