RE: Re:

thanx, i works.

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[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joerg
Heinicke
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 5:54 PM
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Subject:  Re:


It's possible with string-manipulation:

<xsl:when test="translate(string($sortBy),'-','') = '1'">

But why not easily:

<xsl:when test="$sortBy=1">-1</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>1</xsl:otherwise>

Regards,

Joerg

Hervé Covemaeker wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I hope you can help. i wonder if there is a function in xsl that does the
> same as ABS(). So it has to look
> for the absolute value of a variable.
>
> I would like to do this:
>
> <xsl:attribute name="href">showGroup.jsp?sortBy=<xsl:choose>
> 	<xsl:when test="($sortBy=1) or ($sortBy=-1)">
> 		<xsl:value-of select="-$sortBy"/>
> 	</xsl:when>
> 	<xsl:otherwise>
> 		1
> 	</xsl:otherwise>
> 	</xsl:choose>
> </xsl:attribute>
>  i would like to replace "<xsl:when test="($sortBy=1) or ($sortBy=-1)">"
> with something like this:
> <xsl:when test="abs($sortBy)">
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Thnx
>
> Hervé
>
>
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