RE: [xsl] testing for string and number in XSLT 2.0 was Re: [xsl] Test For Numeric Values?

Subject: RE: [xsl] testing for string and number in XSLT 2.0 was Re: [xsl] Test For Numeric Values?
From: "Pawson, David" <David.Pawson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 13:17:19 +0100
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Michael Kay 
    > >It might have been a string that is the string
    > representation of a number:
    > >
    > >   "3.1415" (is a string)
    > >
    > >but this is completely different from:
    > >
    > >     3.1415 (is a number).
    > >
    > >What will really be useful is a function with an 
    argument of item(), 
    > >that returns the real type of the argument.
    > >  
    
    Or go back to my original suggestion, which was to use
    
    if ($x castable as xs:decimal) ...

Not trying to sum this thread, my learning point, partly answering
Jim's question do we need exslt function, seems to be

Mikes ($x castable as xs:XXX) either alone,
or in a <xsl:choose> within a function, returning whatever is appropriate
to the need.

That seems to fit the bill IMHO.

regards DaveP.


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