EXSLT - math:lowest - XSLT Template Implementation

Supported Version: 1
XML Definition: math.lowest.xml
Source: math.lowest.template.xsl

Source

<xsl:template name="math:lowest">
   <xsl:param name="nodes"
              select="/.." />
   <xsl:if test="$nodes and not($nodes[number(.) != number(.)])">
      <xsl:variable name="min">
         <xsl:for-each select="$nodes">
            <xsl:sort data-type="number" />
            <xsl:if test="position() = 1">
               <xsl:value-of select="number(.)" />
            </xsl:if>
         </xsl:for-each>
      </xsl:variable>
      <xsl:copy-of select="$nodes[. = $min]" />
   </xsl:if>
</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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