Re: [xsl] Random number seed generation

[Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/12/2010 14:04, Michel Hendriksen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Saxon9he processor XSLT 2.0, and I am trying to get some
> random numbers. I'm currently using fxsl/random for this. The problem
> is that it needs a seed.
> I tried using current time stuff but that doesn't change during the
> transfomation using the stylesheet.. So I tried an extension function
> to cal to Java but that doesn't seem to work. Examples are probably
> XSLT 1.0 but should be ok.

You need to organize your code so that all the random numbers come from 
a single sequence from a single seed; or alternatively, generate one 
random sequence and use the numbers from this as seeds for subsidiary 
random sequences.

Can't tell you how to do that without knowing more about your code. It 
can be tricky - it may involve turning iterative code into recursive code.

Michael Kay
Saxonica