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Apologies for these seemingly random questions but I have read numerous
resources and am still struggling to understand why xsl:sequence is so
important.
1. What is meant when the XSLT 2 spec states: xsl:sequence can return a sequence containing existing nodes, rather than constructing new nodes. <xsl:sequence select="." /> is constructing new nodes in the output that is, in effect, a copy-of the context node. Is this particular construct not a good example of what the XSLT 2 spec above is referring to? 2. I also understand sequence allows you to construct a sequence of different datatypes in one expression, What, then, is the point of the concat function in XSLT 2? ie could <xsl:sequence select="concat(meta/brand/text(), ' | ', genre/text())"/> be rewritten: <xsl:sequence select="meta/brand/text(), ' | ', genre/text()"/> ?? 3. The XSLT 2 spec provides the following example code: <xsl:variable name="prices" as="xs:decimal*">
<xsl:for-each select="//product">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="@price">
<xsl:sequence select="@price"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:sequence select="@cost * 1.5"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:value-of select="avg($prices)"/>Does <xsl:sequence select="@price"/> not assign an attribute node to the variable $prices? If so surely this is wasteful? Thanks in advance Tom _________________________________________________________________ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters
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