I think that's as Dimitre described it, so it's essentially

sum(for $i in 1 to count(x) return x[$i]*y[$i])

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: TEICHERT, Peter [mailto:Peter.TEICHERT@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 08 November 2007 12:45
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Re: How to multiply 2 sequences ?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> referring to Michael Kays math formula representation I 
> provide more details what I am searching for.
> 
> food item 1: X1 = { x1_1,x1_2,...,x1_n }, where x1_n are food 
> ingredients in mg/ 100 g ; X are extracted as nodes from xml 
> db food item 2: X2 = { x2_2,x2_2,...,x2_n }, where x2_n are 
> food ingredients in mg/ 100 g ...
> 
> every food ingredient of one single food item should be 
> multiplied with his own weight factor Y
> 
> food item X1  -  weight factor Y1
> food item X2  -  weight factor Y2
> 
> Therefore the math formula may be described as followes :
> 
> Y1 * X1 = Y1 * x1_1, Y1 * x1_2,..., Y1 * x1_n }
> Y2 * X2 = Y2 * x2_1, Y2 * x2_2,..., Y2 * x2_n }
> 
> After multiplication with the weight factor the summation 
> over the single food ingredients should be done as followes :
> 
>           Y1 * x1_1 + Y2 * x2_1 + ...+Yn * xn_n
> 
> Thanks for quick answer.
> 
> best regards
> 
> Peter Teichert
> 
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