Re: square root function in XSLT 1.0

 > (b) use Dimitre Novatchev's FXSL library which I believe includes
an implementation of sqrt() written in pure XSLT

Yes, it does. Both for XSLT 1.0 and XSLT 2.0.


Cheers,
Dimitre

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:27 AM, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Many implementations support the math extensions defined at www.exslt.org. If yours doesn't, you could:
>
> (a) call out to another programming language (depends on the processor you are using)
>
> (b) use Dimitre Novatchev's FXSL library which I believe includes an implementation of sqrt() written in pure XSLT.
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>
> On 30 Aug 2013, at 12:53, ranjith kumar wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am new to XSLT and need  to compute the square root of a floating point
>> number in XSLT 1.0.
>> Are there any functions available in the XSLT 1.0 ?
>>
>> Otherwise, are there any libraries which the 'standard committee'
>> recommends?
>> If so please let me know how to import that library.
>>
>> thanks in advance.
>



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