RE: making calculations in XSL

> <?xml version="1.0">
> <startmeup>
> <number>1</number>
> <number>2</number>
> <number>...</number>
> </startmeup>
> 
> <xsl:template match="startmeup">
>    Total is: <xsl:value-of select="sum(//number)"/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> 
> *crying* it just keeps on giving me 0 :(

1. Which XSLT processor are you using? At this stage it's usually worth
trying it on more than one.
2. Does your XML document really have a "..." in? If any of the <number>
elements is not a number, the result of the sum() function should be NaN,
not zero.

Mike Kay


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