Re: Indexing in XSLT

On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Maulik Modi wrote:

..I need some help to solve this problem. Any help is appreciated.
..
..I have an instance document that gives me a list of available dates to
..choose from. I get passed another date which I have to compare against this
..list and return the matched date.
..
..If no match is found in the list, and the date passed is lower, I need to
..return the next higher date from the list. For example, if the date passed

    . . .
..
..The last requirement is if no match is found, and the date passed is higher,
..I need to pass a null. For example, the date passed is Sep 30 and the last
..date in the list is Aug 15, I need to pass back a null (or empty string).
..

Try adding your required date to the rest of the list and sort them all.  
Then test where in the sort your date ended up.


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