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RE:   vs  
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- Subject: RE: [xsl]   vs  
- From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 16:43:49 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
> I am using   in my sheets to insert a whitespace-
> however, in Michael Kay's excellent book, I came
> across  . They look like they do the same thing,
> but which is a more standard way of inserting an
> in the resulting HTML?
They are both equally standard; the XML specification says that any XML
parser must accept both these forms of character reference. Use whichever
you prefer.
Equally, the XSLT processor will decide how to represent the no-break-space
character in the output file, and the form you use in the input will not
influence its decision.
Mike Kay
Software AG
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