Subject: Re: [xsl] randomly selecting a node from a node set From: Graydon <graydon@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 14:26:48 -0500 |
On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 12:32:11AM +0000, David Carlisle scripsit: > On 06/01/2013 00:18, Graydon wrote: > >Anyone got suggestions as to how one picks a random node out of a > >node sequence? > > exslt has a random function or depending on how random and/or repeatable > you need the result you can in xslt 2 use the time of day to give you > some number of seconds. Thank you! I need to do a lot of this at once, so seconds won't help much, but a random function is just the thing. > I assume you are using xslt 2 as your code snippet uses eq although > originally I'd assumed you needed an xslt 1 answer as xpath2 doesn't > have node sets (that was the datatatype in xpath 1) True! This is certainly in a 2.0 context. "Node-set" seems indelibly stuck in my head; I blame traumatic events involve producing DITA output in 2005. :) -- Graydon, who will have another go at expunging the wretched thing
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