Re: expression syntax

me>test="@foo=1"
me>
me>is false if the source has foo="1.0"
me>
me>but me>
me>test="number(@foo)=1"
me>
me>would be true in that case.
me> me>
you>again, this brings in to light the purpose of the function...

probably did, although actually the example is completely wrong:-)

comparsion of a node set to a number is one place where number() _is_
implictly applied so
@foo=1
is exactly the same as
number(@foo)=1

A better example would be comparing two attributes

@foo = ../@foo

would be false if
this node had foo="1" and its parent had foo="1.0"
as the default is string comparison but

number(@foo) = number(../@foo)

or even just one side, eg:

number(@foo) = ../@foo

would force numeric comparison so then 1.0 and 1 would be equal.

David

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