EXSLT - math:lowest - Developer Page

Version: 1
Status: new
Function Package: math.lowest.zip

Function Syntax

node-set math:lowest(node-set)

Template Syntax

<xsl:call-template name="math:lowest">
   <xsl:with-param name="nodes" select="node-set" />
</xsl:call-template>

The math:lowest function returns the nodes for which the result of converting the string-value of the node to a number is minimum value for the node set, as calculated with math:min.

The math:lowest template returns a result tree fragment consisting of copies of the nodes as returned by the function.

An implementation of this extension function in the EXSLT math namespace must conform to the behaviour described in this document.

Implementations

The following implementations of math:lowest are available:

Language	Implemented Version	Creator	Date	Download
EXSLT Function	1			math.lowest.function.xsl
XSLT Template	1			math.lowest.template.xsl

Use Cases

Use Case Package: math.lowest.use-cases.zip

The following use cases illustrate the functionality of math:lowest.

Details	Calling Stylesheet	XML Data	Expected Result	Category	Template
1	math.lowest.1.xsl	math.lowest.data.1.xml	math.lowest.result.1.xml	example	N
2	math.lowest.2.xsl	math.lowest.data.1.xml	math.lowest.result.1.xml	example	Y
3	math.lowest.1.xsl	math.lowest.data.2.xml	math.lowest.result.2.xml	boundary	N
4	math.lowest.2.xsl	math.lowest.data.2.xml	math.lowest.result.2.xml	boundary	Y
5	math.lowest.3.xsl	math.lowest.data.1.xml	-	error	N
6	math.lowest.4.xsl	math.lowest.data.1.xml	-	error	Y

Change History

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

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

Copyright

This material is in the public domain.