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RE: Can't get subtraction to work in variable statement
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- Subject: RE: Can't get subtraction to work in variable statement
- From: "Spychalski, Frank" <frank dot spychalski at sap dot com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 23:02:14 +0200
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->-----Original Message-----
->From: Brian Burridge [mailto:brian_burridge@coxtarget.com]
->Subject: Can't get subtraction to work in variable statement
->
->
->For some reason, the first two variable declarations work
->fine, but the
->third one gives this error:
->pattern = '$pm-$hourMinutes' Extra illegal tokens: '$', 'hourMinutes'
->
-> <xsl:variable name="hours" select="round($pm div 60)"/>
-> <xsl:variable name="hourMinutes" select="$hours*60"/>
-> <xsl:variable name="minutes" select="$pm-$hourMinutes"/>
->
->Can't I subtract in XSL? I'm using Xalan.
Hi,
<xsl:variable name="minutes" select="$pm - $hourMinutes"/>
should work, '-' can be part of a variable name in xslt, that's why you get
illegal token...
bye
Frank
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Frank Spychalski
Research Engineer
SAP Labs, Palo Alto frank.spychalski@sap.com
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