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Re: [xsl] Expanding Ranges

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On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Ganesh Babu N <nbabuganesh@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> <xsl:variable name="start"
> select="number(substring-after(cr[1]/@refid,'MEPRfig'))"/>
> <xsl:variable name="end"
> select="number(substring-after(cr[last()]/@refid,'MEPRfig'))"/>
> <xsl:value-of select="for $i in $start to $end return concat('fig', $i)"/>
>
> These are my expressions.
>
> It shows the following error as:
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> B XPTY0004: Required item type of first operand of 'to' is xs:integer;
> supplied value has
> B item type xs:double.
>
> How to resolve this. the values are 2 and 3.

The return type of function 'number' is, xs:double (ref:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/#func-number).

To use an expression like, for $i in $start to $end -- $start and $end
must be xs:integer 's at runtime.

you can use something like, xs:integer(substring-after ... (ref:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/#id-constructor-functions).


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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi

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