EXSLT - math:lowest - Use Case 6

Category: error
XML Definition: math.lowest.xml
Function or Template: template

This use case shows an error when the function is passed a number as the value of the nodes parameter.

Use Case

Source (view)

<values>
   <value id="one">7</value>
   <value id="two">11</value>
   <value id="three">8</value>
   <value id="four">4</value>
</values>

Stylesheet (view)

<xsl:output method="text" />
<xsl:template match="values">
   <xsl:text>Lowest: </xsl:text>
   <xsl:call-template name="math:lowest">
      <xsl:with-param name="nodes"
                      select="number(value)" />
   </xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>

Change History

Submitted: 2001-03-28
Creator: Jeni Tennison(http://www.jenitennison.com)

Returns the nodes with the minimum value in a node set.

Version	Modified	By	Details
1.1	2001-04-28	Jeni Tennison	Clarified the wording of the definition, highlighting the fact that a non-numeric value will result in an empty set being returned.
1.2	2001-05-22	Jeni Tennison	Added vendor implementations in Saxon and 4XSLT Changed status to stable
1.3	2001-06-11	Jeni Tennison	Added vendor implementation in jd.xslt.
1.4	2001-08-23	Jeni Tennison	Added vendor implementation in libxslt.
1.5	2002-08-20	Craig Stewart	Added Xalan-J implementation to the list.
1.6	2002-11-12	Craig Stewart	Updated 4XSLT version to 0.12.0a3.

Copyright

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