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• Subject: Re: trying to use abs()
• From: "Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@y...>
• Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 17:09:54 -0700
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I'd suggest something closer to the math definition of abs(x):

  x*(x >= 0) - x*(x < 0)


Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev

"David Carlisle" <davidc@n...> wrote in message 
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>> I would like to suggest a simple way
>> to implement abs() functionality in XSLT 1.0
>
> or even just select="number(translate(number(.),'-',''))"
>
> David
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