Re: [xsl] Re: RE: creating a string of repeated charactors

[Jeni Tennison <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim,

> Also, just one small error in the code... the select in
>
> <xsl:variable name="maxString" select="*************"/>
> should be
> <xsl:variable name="maxString" select="'*************'"/>
> ---------------------------------------^-------------^
>
> or it is going to look for an element called *************

Elements can't have * in their names so it would calculate the
numerical value of the first child element of the current node to the
power of 7. It'll be parsed as:

  * * (* * (* * (* * (* * (* * *)))))

The odd *s meaning 'child elements' and the even *s being the
multiplication operator. This is one of the beautiful quirks of XPath
:)

Jeni

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