Hi,
If I apply a template with a sort, as:
<xsl:apply-templates select="node" mode="getmax">
<xsl:sort select="@num" order="descending" data-type="number"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
will the sorting occur during the select, before the matching
template is
called, so I can do:
After the select, before the templates are applied. So yes.
<xsl:template match="node" mode="getmax">
<!-- I want only the <node> element that has the @num with
the highest
numerical value -->
<xsl:if test="position()=1"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
Sure, and you can also rewrite it
<xsl:for-each select="node">
<xsl:sort select="@num" order="descending" data-type="number"/>
<xsl:if test="position()=1"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
or you can use <http://exslt.org/math/functions/max/> if your processor support
EXSLT.
Cheers,
Jarno - Feindflug: B 66883
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