Re: [xsl] Beginner's question: Mathematical Calculations in XSL Template

["Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin at mitretek dot org>]

[Ami D. Yanero]


> I'm attempting to do multiplication and additon calculations in my XSL
> template.  I've seen several posts to various newsgroups about this same
> scenario, and I've tested my calculations using the examples and
> corrected answers posted.
>
> However, I'm getting the same error when I do the calculations with the
> examples as I'm getting when I use my 'live' documents.  Everything that
> I've read says that what I've got should work.  Please help!
>
 First of all, you need to use an actual xslt processor as others have said.
Then your example works fine (after you use the correct namespace for xslt).
Here's a slightly modified version of your example and stylesheet:

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<numbers>
<one>2</one>
<two>3</two>
<three>5</three>
</numbers>

Here is a working stylesheet and the results:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>

<xsl:template match="/">
<results>
 <xsl:apply-templates select='numbers'/>
</results>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match='numbers'>
 Addition:<xsl:value-of select='number(one)+number(two)+number(three)'/>
 Multiplication:<xsl:value-of
select='number(one)*number(two)*number(three)'/>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

============= results =============
<results>

 Addition:10

 Multiplication:30</results>

Cheers,

Tom P


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