Mind including a small (but complete enough to show the problem) chunk 
from the source XML file, too? My guess is that the problem arises from 
the way nodes are nested, but I can't tell without seeing the relevant 
portion of the source file.

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
(presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)




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Spam: math return result problem






ther is a problem in the following xslt1.0 transformation
it dose not return the 1/3*( ...)  and  2/3*(....) operation

<x><xsl:value-of select="(1 div 3 *
(current()/preceding-sibling::*[1]/child::x[position()=last()])) + (2 div
3  * (x[1]))"/></x>

any help please