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RE: xsl:sort with a randomize ability ? or something

Subject: RE: xsl:sort with a randomize ability ? or something
From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:50:34 -0000
xsl randomize
> Depending on the behavior of your particular processor, you might get
> good randomness from the 3-5 lowest order characters of generate-id().

In Saxon they will be highly non-random, as generate-id() is essentially a
hierarchic path: a node that is the first child of its parent will always
end in "a", the second in "b2"....

Mike Kay


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