Hi Brian,
 Please try -

<?xml version="1.0"?> 
<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
 
<xsl:output method="text" /> 

<xsl:template match="/a">
   <xsl:value-of select="(b[1]/c * b[1]/d) + (b[2]/c *
b[2]/d)" />
</xsl:template>
 
</xsl:stylesheet>

Regards,
Mukul

--- Brian Chrisman <brian.chrisman@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Uggg... I had some sloppy cut-paste issue in my last
> post... this is what it should have been, with a
> real subject line.  Sorry...
> 
> -----------------------
> Okay.. I told someone I could do this in a simple
> xpath expression
> 
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <a>
>   <b>
>     <c>2</c>
>     <d>4</d>
>   </b>
>   <b>
>     <c>3</c>
>     <d>6</d>
>   </b>
> </a>
> 
> Where the xpath was to return (2*4) + (3*6) = 26
> I made several attempts with xpath's sum() function
> (using 1.0) and 
> couldn't get it.
> I couldn't even come up with an expression that I
> thought might work.. 
> even though I tried several which I was certain
> would fail (which did).
> 
> Any ideas?



		
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