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->-----Original Message-----
->From: Brian Burridge [mailto:brian_burridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
->Subject: Can't get subtraction to work in variable statement
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->For some reason, the first two variable declarations work 
->fine, but the
->third one gives this error:
->pattern = '$pm-$hourMinutes' Extra illegal tokens: '$', 'hourMinutes'
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->     <xsl:variable name="hours" select="round($pm div 60)"/>
->     <xsl:variable name="hourMinutes" select="$hours*60"/>
->     <xsl:variable name="minutes" select="$pm-$hourMinutes"/>
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->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@xxxxxxx 


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