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Re: get the max-value
- From: Mike Brown <mike at skew dot org>
- To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 03:37:03 -0600 (MDT)
- Subject: Re: [xsl] get the max-value
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Pfitzner, Jan wrote:
> I want to get the maximum value in my xml-file.
>
> xml:
>
> <Data>
> <Characteristic>
> <Value>9879</Value>
> <Value>93425</Value>
> <Value>23465</Value>
> <Value>234</Value>
> <Value>1235</Value>
> <Value>96569</Value>
> ...
> </Characteristic>
> <Characteristic>
> <Value>1239</Value>
> ...
> </Characteristic>
> ...
> </Data>
>
> I tried it with xsl:for-each and xsl:sort, but I didn't managed.
It should have worked. The Math section of the XSL FAQ at
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N5121.html has several examples of finding
maximum and minumum values in a node-set, along with discussion of performance
issues. Questions 9, 12 and 20 are of particular interest.
- Mike
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