Re: bizzare number problem

Both Should actually produce identical results..
What Processor are you using??
If what you have shown is what you have done, then it must work. Make sure
you dont have anything funny  in the script that is calling the
transformation.
Vasu
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tom.kirkpatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 12:23 PM
Subject:  bizzare number problem


> I have some XML like so:
>
> <enrties>
>         <entry number="20.35">
>         <entry number="50.95">
>         <entry number="20.02">
>         <entry number="1.00">
>         <entry number="5.22">
> </enrties>
>
> I am trying to process those numbers with a template.
> If I try to do:
>
> <xsl:for-each select = "//entry">
>         <xsl:value-of select="@number"/><br />
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> as you would expect, I get:
> 20.35
> 50.95
> 20.02
> 1.00
> 5.22
>
>
> If however, I do:
>
> <xsl:for-each select = "//entry">
>         <xsl:variable name="currentNumber" select="@number"/>
>         <xsl:value-of select="$currentNumber"/>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> I get:
> - - ./,),(-*,(
> 50.95
> 20.02
> 1.00
> 5.22
>
> It seems to completely mess up the first entry every time!
> Anyone ever had this before???
>
>
> thanks
>
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> Tom David Kirkpatrick
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