- From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:07:19 +0000
- To: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
- Cc: public-xslt-40@w3.org
1 to 10 step 2 (may be) more common / familiar?
regards
On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 at 14:05, Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:
>
> Someone, I forget who, gave feedback suggesting making "by" a binary operator so
>
> 1 to 10 by 2 means ((1 to 10) by 2) i.e. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
> 1 to 10 by -1 gives 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
> ("A", "B", "C", "D") by 2 gives ("A", "C")
> ("A", "B", "C", "D") by -2 gives ("D", "B")
>
> I've adopted this suggestion in my latest draft.
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
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