Question

We are using XSLT to translate a RIXML file to XML. Our RIXML contains the following text:

<Title><![CDATA[Looking into the future: Reiterate &#8216;Buy&#8217;]]></Title>

8216 is a left quote and 8217 is a right quote.

How would I replace these HTML codes with their plain text representation, or more simply, just a single quote? This is XSLT version 1.0.

Answer 1

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>

 <xsl:variable name="vQ2">""</xsl:variable>

 <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
  <xsl:copy>
   <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
  </xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="text()">
  <xsl:value-of select=
   "translate(.,'&#8216;&#8217;',$vQ2)"/>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>