RE: [xsl] Comparison operator

Subject: RE: [xsl] Comparison operator
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 10:17:34 -0000
> >
> > <xsl:if test="./mytag[. &gt; '0']">
>
> The problem is not the operator but the fact that '0' is a string. If
> you want to compare them as numbers, remove the quotes from the zero.

Either the processor is non-conformant, or this advice is wrong.

XSLT 1.0 always converts the arguments of the "<" operator to numbers before
doing the comparison. Therefore writing 0 rather than '0' should make no
difference.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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