> With Saxon 6.5.2, I tried many variations of the predicate 
> before final success with the following bit of the code, 
> which is within a for-each selecting 
> "/xs:schema/xs:complexType[<pulls the target
> complexType>]/xs:restriction".
> 
>             <xsl:variable name="elementValue">
>                 <xsl:choose>
>                     <xsl:when test="xs:enumeration">
>                         <xsl:variable name="enumPtr">
>                             <xsl:value-of
> select="string-length($allValues) mod count(xs:enumeration) + 1"/>
>                         </xsl:variable>

An <xsl:variable> containing a single <xsl:value-of> is almost
invariably bad coding. Write:

<xsl:variable name="enumPtr" 
  select="string-length($allValues) mod count(xs:enumeration) + 1"/>

That way you get a value of type number, not of type
result-tree-fragment.

> 
> During the course of debugging, I used the the following without
> success:
> 
>             <xsl:variable name="elementValue">
>                 <xsl:choose>
>                     <xsl:when test="xs:enumeration">
>                         <xsl:value-of
> select="xs:enumeration[number(string-length($allValues) mod
> count(xs:enumeration) + 1)]/@value"/>
>                     </xsl:when>
>                         . 

I can't see any reason why this shouldn't work, it's equivalent to your
working example. If you can supply a complete stylesheet and source
document that shows the problem, I'll take a look at it for you.

The number() function call here is redundant, its argument is already a
number; but that shouldn't stop it working.

Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx
work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 



> 
> I understand that my problems with (many) earlier versions 
> were due to the processor's inability to distinguish the 
> predicate as a number rather than a non-number and therefore 
> a boolean. But why does the processor differentiate between 
> casting a variable to a number, which works, and casting an 
> expression to a number, which does not work?
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> 
> Richard Patchet
> bTrade, Inc.
> 2324 Gateway Drive
> Irving, TX 75063
> 972-5802981
> www.bTrade.com
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