Re: [xsl] Comparing Integers

["Aaron Johnson" <artpunx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Michael...

We  are using xslt 1.0 at the moment....thanks for you r reply, i'll
take a look.

Aaron

On 10/17/07, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Are you doing this in XSLT 1.0 or 2.0?
>
> In 2.0 you can compare these values directly by casting them to xs:dateTime
> and then subtracting to get the difference as an xs:dayTimeDuration.
>
> In 1.0 you may be able to take advantage of the library routines at
> www.exslt.org.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Aaron Johnson [mailto:artpunx@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 17 October 2007 17:55
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] Comparing Integers
> >
> > Hello...
> >
> > I have set up some tests to compare Integers, but wish to
> > refine the comparison. I have some xml:
> >
> > <submissionDeadline>2027-10-04T09:00:00.0000000-00:00</submiss
> > ionDeadline>
> > <submissionDeadline>2007-10-03T09:00:00.0000000-00:00</submiss
> > ionDeadline>
> > <submissionDeadline>2007-10-01T08:00:00.0000000+01:00</submiss
> > ionDeadline>
> > <submissionDeadline>2007-09-10T12:00:00.0000000+01:00</submiss
> > ionDeadline>
> >
> >
> > This is selected and concatenated into an integer:
> >
> > <xsl:variable name="submissionDeadlineString"
> > select="concat(substring(submissionDeadline, 1,4)... etc etc
> >
> > I then concatenate the current time / date etc:
> >
> > <xsl:variable
> > name="currentTime">2007-10-04T09:00:00.0000000+01:00</xsl:variable>
> > <xsl:variable name="currentTimeString"
> > select="concat(substring($currentTime, 1,4)....etc etc
> >
> > ...then test against each other:
> >
> > <xsl:when test="$currentTimeString &lt; =
> > $submissionDeadlineString"><xsl:call-template
> > name="ontime"/></xsl:when>
> >
> > I would like to be able to test for 4 different outcomes,
> > ontime, within24Hours, within10Days and past10Days. I have
> > set up variable and tests thus far:
> >
> > <xsl:variable
> > name="currentTime">2007-10-04T09:00:00.0000000+01:00</xsl:variable>
> > <xsl:variable name="currentTimeString"
> > select="concat(substring($currentTime, 1,4)....etc etc
> > <xsl:variable name="within24Hours"
> > select="number($submissionDeadlineString + 1000000)"/>
> > <xsl:variable name="within10Days"
> > select="number($submissionDeadlineString + 1000001)"/>
> > <xsl:variable name="past10Days"
> > select="number($submissionDeadlineString + 10000001)"/>
> >
> > <xsl:choose>
> > <xsl:when test="$currentTimeString &lt; =
> > $submissionDeadlineString"><xsl:call-template
> > name="ontime"/></xsl:when>
> > <xsl:when test="$currentTimeString &lt; =
> > $within24Hours"><xsl:call-template
> > name="twentyFourHourRule"/></xsl:when>
> > <xsl:when test="$currentTimeString &lt; =
> > $within10Days"><xsl:call-template
> > name="tenDayRule"/></xsl:when> <xsl:when
> > test="$currentTimeString &gt; =
> > $past10Days"><xsl:call-template
> > name="plusTenDay"/></xsl:when> </xsl:choose>
> >
> > ...so far, only the "ontime" and "plusTenDay" tests work.
> >
> > Am I headed in the right direction? Can anyone offer any
> > advice please?
> >
> > Thank you.