Re: Boolean XPath Expression and sum

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Subject: Re: Boolean XPath Expression and sum
From: Francis Norton <francis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 23:36:16 +0100


John Wang wrote:
> 
> 
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <abuncha>
>         <thing>1</thing>
>         <thing>2</thing>
>         <thing>3</thing>
>         <thing>5</thing>
>         <sum>11</sum>
> </abuncha>
> 
> my question is: Where does the 11 come from?
> 

Aha. Try ...

<count>
  <xsl:value-of select="count(//thing[.!='N/A'])"/>
</count>

... for the value you *do* want.

The origin of the 11? Consider the difference between sum() and count()
...

Francis.

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Boolean XPath Expression and sum
- Alex Reuter - Wed, 9 May 2001 10:41:31 -0400 (EDT)
  - Ingo Schildmann - Wed, 9 May 2001 10:59:53 -0400 (EDT)
    - John Wang - Wed, 9 May 2001 17:38:27 -0400 (EDT)
      - Francis Norton - Wed, 9 May 2001 18:35:44 -0400 (EDT) <=
      - Michael Kay - Thu, 10 May 2001 07:14:58 -0400 (EDT)
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