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RE: XPath question
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 09:53:30 +0100
- Subject: RE: [xsl] XPath question
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> I tried the following query and got results even the actual
> number of count is 1. It seems that if either side of the
> expression is true, the whole expression is true.
> /someelement[2 < count(somechildelement) < 5]
>
The expression
a < b < c
means
(a < b) < c
which means
number(a < b) < number(c)
So the result of the comparison a<b is converted to a number (0 or 1)
and this is compared with c. Note very useful, but that's the way it
works.
Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
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