Re: [xsl] randomly selecting a node from a node set

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2013-01-05 19:18 -0500, Graydon wrote:
> What I don't know how to do is randomly select elements from the elements
> available in the appropriate node set.
> ...
> I don't want _all_ the possible text element patterns; I just want one.  But I
> certainly don't always want to get the first one, either.
> ...
> Anyone got suggestions as to how one picks a random node out of a node
> sequence?

Does your processor support this community-defined extension?

   http://www.exslt.org/random/functions/random-sequence/index.html
   http://www.exslt.org/random/

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . Ken


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