RE: Node with maximum attribute value

> Subject: Re: Node with maximum attribute value
> >  use a sorted for-each, ... then use
> 
> <xsl:if test="position()=last()">maximum = <xsl:value-of 
> select="@mid"/></xsl:if>
> 

Interesting to compare this with the recursive solution I just submitted. An
optimum implementation of the recursive algorithm would have linear
performance whereas the above has n*log(n). But most implementations of the
recursive algorithm (certainly Saxon) will probably have O(n*n) performance,
because of the xsl:with-param select="nodes[position()!=1]". JC's lazy
evaluation will probably score well here.

Mike Kay


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