Subject: Re: [xsl] Comparing sequences From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:44:00 +1100 |
On 2/9/06, cknell@xxxxxxxxxx <cknell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Given two sequences where: > > $seq-a = 001,030,021,008 > and > $seq-b = 005,030,026,009 > > How do I write an expression that returns true if any item in $seq-a is found in $seq-b? One possible XPath expression is: empty($vS1[not(. = $vS2)]) However, this may sometimes raise an exception, depending on the types of the two sequences. Evaluating this expression (with Saxon8.6.1) on: 5.0,030,026,009 and 005,005,030,026,009,'xxx' produces: true() However, evaluating the expression on: 5.0,030,026,009 and '005',005,030,026,009,'xxx' raises an exception (with Saxon8.6.1): " XPTY0004: Cannot compare xs:string to xs:decimal Transformation failed: Run-time errors were reported" Obviously, getting true() in the first case above is not reliable, as it depends on a given XPath2.0 processor support for lazy evaluation and is most probably going to vary wildly accross different processors. This poses a new challenge in trying to write portable XPath 2.0 expressions -- people will need to evaluate their expressions on a "dumb-enough" engine... Let me predict: "Beaware of types" will be one of the most popular sayings in the XPath2.0 era. -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.
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