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Marius Enache

Subject: Update variable value inside block
Author: Marius Enache
Date: 13 Sep 2005 05:55 AM

How can I change a variable value inside a block ?

let $x:=3
let $y := if($x = 3) then
let $x := 4
return 1
else 2
return $x

The previous code will always return 3, but I want it to return 4. How can I do that ? Is it possible to modify variable values inside blocks ?

PS. I`m running this query agains eXist XML Database.

(Deleted User)

Subject: Update variable value inside block
Author: (Deleted User)
Date: 13 Sep 2005 06:19 AM

Hi Marius,
the XQuery language does not allow changing the value assigned to a variable; so, in your code, you are defining a new $x variable with a narrower scope.
This is a query equivalent to the one you wrote:

declare function computeY($x)
{
if($x = 3) then 1
else 2
};

let $x := 3
let $y := computeY($x)
return $x

Hope this helps,
Alberto

Marius Enache

Subject: Update variable value inside block
Author: Marius Enache
Date: 13 Sep 2005 06:27 AM

Thanks.

This helps me to understant why my code does not work. But could provide an example of how I could obtain the new value as I would from Java for example? I could return an XML node with 2 childs representing the 2 values, and then obtain the values from that node, but this would affect the performance as one of my variables is a quite large sequence.

(Deleted User)

Subject: Update variable value inside block
Author: (Deleted User)
Date: 13 Sep 2005 06:39 AM

Hi Marius,
in XQuery you have to find out the rule or the formula that computes the correct value.
Your snippet is too simple for me to guess what you are doing; can you post the real code you are dealing with?

Alberto

Marius Enache

Subject: Update variable value inside block
Author: Marius Enache
Date: 13 Sep 2005 07:11 AM

Thanks.

This helps me to understant why my code does not work. But could provide an example of how I could obtain the new value as I would from Java for example? I could return an XML node with 2 childs representing the 2 values, and then obtain the values from that node, but this would affect the performance as one of my variables is a quite large sequence.

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