Re: [xml] xpath return type

[Stefan Seefeld <seefeld sympatico ca>]

Petr Pajas wrote:
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> Stefan Seefeld <seefeld sympatico ca> writes:
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>>   <xsl:message>starts with 'hello':<xsl:value-of
>>select="starts-with('hello', $var)"/></xsl:message>
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> You probably meant starts-with($var,'hello') :-)


now that is embarassing ! :-)
I never looked up the specs for this function myself, but
instead relied on a textbook, which seems to be in error
('The XSL Companion' by Neil Bradley, page 260, in case
anybody cares).

Thanks !

Stefan