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Re: [Q] Sum Function
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] [Q] Sum Function
- From: Gurnandan Kaur <teclioness at yahoo dot co dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:52:10 +0000 (GMT)
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Hi,
Try the following instead:
<xsl:value-of
select="format-number(sum($BatchPayments/Amount),'###.##')"/>
Guru
--- Jonathan Calvert <jonathan_calvert@yahoo.com>
wrote: > Hi.
>
> I have a serious problem with the XPath Sum
> function.
> Am I using it incorrectly? Should I use an
> alternative method for my sum calculation. Thanks
> in
> advance for the help!
>
> <Amount>10.00</Amount>
> <Amount>1.00</Amount>
> <Amount>2.76</Amount>
> <Amount>1.20</Amount>
> <Amount>1.41</Amount>
>
> Total should be 16.37
>
> but,
>
> <xsl:value-of select="sum($BatchPayments/Amount)"/>
>
> calculates the value as 16.369999999999997
>
> I do not think it matters, but this is on a Sun box
> using Xalan and Xerces.
>
> --Jonathan
>
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