Confused on how to navigate nodes while using functions

[Desidirius]

So I'm setting up a stats XML, and I'd like to track each player's game-by-game stats and then provide a sum of their statistics. The XML file looks something like this in my head:

<roster>
<player1>
<game1>
<stat1>
</stat1>
<stat2>
</stat2>
</game1>
<game2>
<stat1>
</stat1>
<stat2>
</stat2>
</game2>
</player1>
<player2>
<game1>
<stat1>
</stat1>
<stat2>
</stat2>
</game1>
<game2>
<stat1>
</stat1>
<stat2>
</stat2>
</game2>
</player2>
</roster>

How would I structure a function to sum up stat1 player-by-player, rather than for the entire roster?

 

[k5tm]

Think in these terms...

<xsl:for-each select="/roster/*">
<xsl:text>The sum for </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="local-name(.)"/>
<xsl:text> is </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select=format-number(sum(*/stat1), '####')"/>
</xsl:for-each>

This iterates over each child element of <roster> using the for-each, and uses the XPath sum function to sum the nodeset values of all the <stat1> elements which are subordinate to the child elements (<gamen>) of the context node of the for-each (<playerm>).

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

 

[Desidirius]

Thank you, I'll give that a shot.

 

[k5tm]

...and welcome to Tek-Tips!

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com