Subject: RE: [xsl] preceding axis and context switching (was re: configuring conditionals) From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 22:35:55 +0100 |
> Actually, I wasn't understanding how the preceding axis was working, > nor exactly how your posted code. So I left out the position > conditional, which was the problem. This works: > > <xsl:function name="bib:ibid" as="xs:boolean"> > <xsl:param name="citation" as="node()"/> > <xsl:value-of select="$citation/db:biblioref/@linkend = > $citation/preceding::db:biblioref[1]/@linkend"/> > </xsl:function> > You should follow the advice to use xsl:sequence xsl:value-of creates a text node containing the string "true" or "false", which by virtue of the as="xs:boolean" is then cast to the boolean true() or false(). Using xsl:sequence would avoid this. Saxon isn't yet smart enough to avoid the round trip from a boolean to a text node and back again. It does in fact round trip correctly, because xs:boolean("false") unlike fn:boolean("false") is false. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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