Removing all \n\r characters from a node XSLT?

Hi

wondered if you could help me please? I have node in xml that is as followed

$LOG: 08880xbpnd $
fhdsafidsfsd
df
sd
fsd
f
sd
fsd

I was wondering is there anyway to make all the text go on to one line so that it then can be passsed through to a javascript function? so it would turn out like this

$LOG: 08880xbpnd $fhdsafidsfsddfsdfsdfsdfsd

From stackoverflow

• The normalize-space() XPath function should do what you want.

  Dimitre Novatchev : Unfortunately, the normalize-space() function (used in the answer of andynormancx) does more than deleting newlines. It deletes all leading and trailing whitespace and it replaces any group of inner contigious whitespace with a single space character. A better solution is to use translate()

  andynormancx : Fair enough, but on the plus side the questions example didn't have any whitespace ;)

• Unfortunately, the normalize-space() function (used in the answer of andynormancx) does more than deleting newlines.

  It deletes all leading and trailing whitespace and it replaces any group of inner contigious whitespace with a single space character.

  In many cases we want to deleteonly one type of a white-space character (as in the current case -- new lines (CR+LF is automatically normalized on reading by the XML parser to just LF).

  The correct and safe way to do so is by using the standard XPath translate() function:

  translate(., '
', '')
  

  returns a string obtained from the string-value of the current node in which any newline character is deleted.

  Here is an example:

  <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
   <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
  
    <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
      <xsl:copy>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
      </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>
  
    <xsl:template match="text()">
      <xsl:value-of 
       select="translate(.,'&#xA;','')"/>
    </xsl:template>
  </xsl:stylesheet>
  

  When the above transformation is applied on this source XML document:

  <t>
  $LOG: 08880xbpnd $
  "embedded    blanks    must    stay"
  df
  sd
  fsd
  f
  sd
  fsd
  </t>
  

  The result is on one line only, as required, and all embedded spaces are left intact:

  <t>$LOG: 08880xbpnd $"embedded    blanks    must    stay"dfsdfsdfsdfsd</t>
  

  andynormancx : +1 definitely a better solution, if you need the inner whitespace preserved.