EXSLT - math:max - Use Case 1

Category: example
XML Definition: math.max.xml
Function or Template: function

Use Case

Source (view)

<values>
   <value>7</value>
   <value>11</value>
   <value>8</value>
   <value>4</value>
</values>

Stylesheet (view)

<xsl:template match="values">
   <result>
      <xsl:text>Maximum: </xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="math:max(value)" />
   </result>
</xsl:template>

Result (view)

<result>Maximum: 11</result>

Change History

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

Returns the maximum value from a node-set.

Version	Modified	By	Details
1.1	2001-04-28	Jeni Tennison	Added condition that `math:max()` must return `NaN` if any of the values of the nodes in the node set passed as the argument have a numerical value of `NaN`. Changed the definition of the maximum to be the value of the first node in the node list when sorted as with `xsl:sort` with a data type of `number` in `descending` order.
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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