Re: expression syntax

But woldn't value-of select="2004-11-15" give 1978?

Citando "M. David Peterson" <m.david@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> G. Ken Holman wrote:
>
> >
> > XPath 1.0 Section 3.4
> >
> >   "When neither object to be compared is a node-set and the
> >    operator is <=, <, >= or >, then the objects are compared
> >    by converting both objects to numbers and comparing the
> >    numbers according to IEEE 754."
>
> Mucho Gracias Ken!  I will note this in my notebook of "references that
> may come in handy again some day" section :)
>
> >
> > And "2004-11-15" is not a number, so the cast to a number results in NaN
>
> Yeah, the "2004-11-15" not being considered a number I knew, but without
> referencing the spec I was unsure of the exact nature of the number
> function and what the intended primary purpose was.
>
> > ... which, BTW, doesn't compare true in any comparison with anything,
> > including itself.
>
> Wait, are you refering to attember a cast to a number and then
> comparing?  Obviously if compared to another string of equal value it
> would evaluate to true... or am I missing something that is important to
> understand in the comparison of this particular string?
>
> >
> > I hope this helps.
>
> It does, as always!  Thanks Ken!
>
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