Subject: Re: [xsl] testing for string and number in XSLT 2.0 was Re: [xsl] Test For Numeric Values? From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 12:07:19 +0100 |
> after a little bit of thinking, decided regexps might be a better way to > go to match a number and/or string when one cannot resort to anything > schema based..... even a basic processor (like saxon 8.x B) has access to the basic schema numeric types integer, double, float etc. the test number(.)=number(.) which works in XSLT1 as well of course is still good, even for 2.0. > I wanted to return a boolean > type...but found doing something like <xsl:value-of select="true()"/> to > be awkward. xsl:value-of always generates text nodes so that wouldn't return a boolean value but a text node with value the string "true". Use xsl:sequence if you want to return an atomic value. David ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________
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