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> > I'm trying to get the sum of a purchase order, which seems > > simple, but I > > can't find an easy solution. > > > > Before I go down the (seemingly too complex) recursive loop > > approach, I was > > wondering if anyone else had another idea. > > > The only alternative to the recursive loop (which isn't as > complicated as it > seems at first sight) is to construct a result tree fragment > containing the > computed values of price*qty, and then (with the help of the > xx:node-set() > extension), do a sum() over these computed values. > It was rash to say "the only alternative". If you're prepared to use extension functions, you can of course use saxon:sum(//items, saxon:expression(price*qty)) Mike Kay XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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