Re: increment in xpath

On 7/15/05, Dariusz Borowski <d.borowski@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hey there!
>
> Is it possible to build an increment in xsl like in Java?


   XPath is a language designed to be imbedded into
functional/declarative languages.

In functional/declarative languages variables can only be initialised
and their value cannot be changed (re-assigned).

Therefore, it is by design that XPath does not support re-assigning
value to a variable and thus the Java-like (imperative language)
increment style that you most probably were after.

Welcome to a better world!   :o)


Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev