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copied!<p>Here's my version. I've tested it over your XML sample and it works.</p> <p>To invoke it, use <code><xsl:apply-templates select="path/to/body/*" mode="truncate"/></code>.</p> <pre><code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>  <xsl:variable name="limit" select="250"/>  <xsl:variable name="t" select="string-length(normalize-space(//body))"/> <xsl:template match="*" mode="truncate"> <xsl:variable name="preceding-strings"> <xsl:copy-of select="preceding::text()[ancestor::body]"/> </xsl:variable>  <xsl:variable name="p" select="string-length(normalize-space($preceding-strings))"/> <xsl:if test="$p &lt; $limit"> <xsl:element name="{name()}"> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*" mode="truncate"/> <xsl:apply-templates mode="truncate"/> </xsl:element> </xsl:if> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="text()" mode="truncate"> <xsl:variable name="preceding-strings"> <xsl:copy-of select="preceding::text()[ancestor::body]"/> </xsl:variable>  <xsl:variable name="p" select="string-length(normalize-space($preceding-strings))"/>  <xsl:variable name="c" select="$p + string-length(.)"/> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="$limit &lt;= $c"> <xsl:value-of select="substring(., 1, ($limit - $p))"/> <xsl:text>&#8230;</xsl:text> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:value-of select="."/> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="@*" mode="truncate"> <xsl:attribute name="{name(.)}"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:attribute> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> </code></pre>

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