Re: variables in combination.

[Steve Tinney <stinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Pawson, David" wrote:
> 
> I need to do some simple arithmetic on variables.
> 
>  <xsl:variable name="x2" select="$xval+($xbox / 2)"/> gives the error
> node test expected.

I've been bitten by this before.  The division operator is 'div'; '/' is
a location step separator or node-set expression composition operator.

Perhaps there should be a Perl-manual-style 'XSL traps for C
[or-any-other-kind-of] programmers' section in the FAQ?

 Steve

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