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RE: Comparison operator
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 10:17:34 -0000
- Subject: RE: [xsl] Comparison operator
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
> >
> > <xsl:if test="./mytag[. > '0']">
>
> The problem is not the operator but the fact that '0' is a string. If
> you want to compare them as numbers, remove the quotes from the zero.
Either the processor is non-conformant, or this advice is wrong.
XSLT 1.0 always converts the arguments of the "<" operator to numbers before
doing the comparison. Therefore writing 0 rather than '0' should make no
difference.
Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
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