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abc abcSubject: find sum of 2 elements in xml
Author: abc abc
Date: 19 Jan 2009 05:24 AM
Hi,
I am very new to xsl.I have searched the net for this.please tell me a simple xsl to add 2 elements.
<element>
<a>10</a>
<b>30</b>
</element>

i shud get the output as
<solution>
40
</solution>

i tried using the sum function but its not working.do i need to write something in the top(as in include something for using sum).
and one more thing,the elements inside the element tag occur multiple times.please help.
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Minollo I.Subject: find sum of 2 elements in xml
Author: Minollo I.
Date: 19 Jan 2009 10:53 AM
What does it mean "it's not working"? sum() is definitely what you want to use; something like this, for example:
<xsl:value-of select="sum(/element/*)"/>

For future reference, general XSLT questions are better asked on an XSLT discussion list, like the one managed by mulberrytech dot com.
   
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