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Re: Adding values to a variable

From: "Anthony Jones" <Ant@------------.--->
To: NULL
Date: 12/13/2007 10:28:00 AM


<khalil_mi@h...> wrote in message
news:4e8f6899-86c4-48e4-8660-a6078099b014@1......
> Hi
>
> I am using XSL Version 2
>
> I am trying to use this code to add a value (say 100) to the variable
> summation
>
> <xsl:variable name="summation">0</xsl:variable>
> <xsl:template match="csv:csv">
> <xsl:element name="csv:csv">
> <xsl:for-each select="/csv:csv/csv:line">
> <xsl:variable name=" summation " select="$summation + 100"/>
> <xsl:value-of select="$summation "/>
> </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
>
> The value printed by value-of statement is always 100. I need the
> variable summation to accumulate the values added to it
>

Variables in XSL are immutable. Once set they can not be modified.

Also a variable in a for-each is scoped only in the current iteration hence
the next iteration gets its own instance of the variable.


-- 
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

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