XML to Text with XSLT

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Hi Guys!!

I have an XML file and I'd like to convert it to a text output with XSLT.

Consider the following:

I'd like to have this in the following format in text!

My limited knowledge of XSLT can only output the data in a single line.

Can someone advice as to how I'd be solving the problem???

Cheers!!!

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Have you tried using the <xsl:text> element for inserting linefeeds?

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For your specific XML, try this xsl conversion -

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<xsl

utput method="text"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="header">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="subject">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="body">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="footer">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

It should create a text file with these contents -

Hello!

Re: XSLT Help!!

Can you guys help me out???

Thanks