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Totaling Values
You can use the XPath sum() function to add up all the values of the nodes in a node set (Figure 4.20). It’s great for displaying data in tables and columns (Figure 4.21).
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Figure 4.20 The XSLT in Figure 4.18 capitalized each wonder’s name as a header in the History section.
x s l t
...
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="right"
colspan="4">Average Height: </td>
<td valign="top">
<xsl:value-of select="
format-number(
sum(/ancient_wonders/wonder/height)
div
count(/ancient_wonders/wonder/
height[.!=0]),
'##0.0')" />
ft</td>
</tr>
...
Figure 4.21. I’m creating a row to show the average height of all the wonders. To find the average, I use the sum() function to add up all the values of the height nodes. Then I divide the total height by the number of wonders which don’t have a height of zero. Finally, I format the output to show one value to the right of the decimal point.
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Figure 4.22 The average height of all the wonders was nearly 20 stories high.
To total values:
- Type sum(.
- Then, type the path to the node set whose nodes should be totaled.
- Finally, type ) to complete the function.