Re: More-than-basic maths

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:50:16 -0400 (CLT), andrew cooke <acooke@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I can't work out how to do more complex maths (like logarithms, trig
> functions, etc) in XSL.  Is it possible?  If not, is there any other tool
> I can use in an xml pipeline?  Is the only option writing SAX or DOM code
> in some non-dedicated programming language?
> 
> (I'm generating plots from XML data via XSL to SVG)
>

FXSL (a function/template library implementing HOF in XSLT and written
in pure XSLT)  implements:

Math functions:
     http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/articles/xslCalculator/The%20FXSL%20Calculator.html

Random number generators:
    http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/articles/Random/Casting%20the%20Dice%20with%20FXSL-htm.htm

Higher-order functions, currying/partial application, etc...:
    http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/articles/FuncProg/Functional%20Programming.html
    http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/articles/PartialApps/Partial%20Applications.html

    http://www.mulberrytech.com/Extreme/Proceedings/xslfo-pdf/2003/Novatchev01/EML2003Novatchev01.pdf



A good example of the math capabilities of FXSL for XSLT 2.0 was
recently provided at:

    http://www.xslt.com/html/xsl-list/2005-01/msg00521.html


Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev