Manipulate the output of <xsl:apply-templates>

How do I string manipulation on the output of <xsl:apply-templates>?

I need to escape quotes etc as it's finally being passed to a JavaScript variable.

From stackoverflow

• Capture in a variable, then manipulate the value to create the output:

  <xsl:variable name='temp'>
    <xsl:apply-templates ...>
  </xsl:variable>
  
  <xsl:value-of select='expression involving $temp' />
  

• The nice and clean approach would be to change your XSLT so that it's output does not need any additional manipulation.

  If your call to <xsl:apply-templates> produces a string that must be manipulated for some reason, you would need to capture it in a variable first:

  <xsl:variable name="temp">
    <xsl:apply-templates />
  </xsl:variable>
  
  <xsl:variable name="temp-manipulated">
    <xsl:call-template name="do-some-string-mainpulation">
      <xsl:with-param name="string" select="$temp" />
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:variable>
  
  <xsl:value-of select="$temp-manipulated" />
  

  Alternatively, you can integrate the <xsl:apply-templates> into the <xsl:with-param>, wich would spare you one step:

  <xsl:variable name="temp">
    <xsl:call-template name="do-some-string-mainpulation">
      <xsl:with-param name="string">
        <xsl:apply-templates />
      </xsl:with-param>
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:variable>
  
  <xsl:value-of select="$temp" />
  

  Iris : Thanks. How do I write out to escape quotes, new lines since it will be passed to Javascript eventually.

  Dimitre Novatchev : @Iris This is something not explained at all in your question. Please submit another question asking exactly this. Provide a good example of the input (XML document or just a string) and the wanted output, with explanation about the requirements on the processing.

  Tomalak : @Iris: What prevents you from taking the "nice and clean" route I talked about? I should think this is going to be easier than writing a string manipulation routine.

  Iris : The issue I am having is is empty for when node contains images and other tags. it works fine for plain text.

  Tomalak : @Iris: There is no way to help you unless you provide a minimal (!) sample of your code that shows your problem.