Re: AW: [xsl] variable and arithmetrics

["M. David Peterson" <m.david@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Andreas Andersson wrote:

> It doesn't feel very logical to me to have the "* 100" inside the 
> "select" statement but it works so....
How so?  If the value of the element selected in an  XPath statement 
multiplied by 100 was equal to a particular value of interest wouldnt 
you want to select that value and print it to the output stream?

I do see your point from a strict "selection of an element" 
standpoint... but XPath is much more than just selecting elements and 
attributes from a given path in your XML data set.  And with XPath 2.0 
comes the ability to do extensive calculations and conditional selection 
of data elements and attributes far beyond what the word "Path" would 
typically suggest in computing terms.  I guess thats where the 
eXtensible part of XPath comes in...

Best regards,

<M:D/>

> > You're interested in the result of the calculation, aren't you?
>
>
> Yes. Thanks.