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title: math:min()
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math:min() returns the minimum value of a node-set.

To compute the minimum value of the node-set, the node set is sorted into ascending order as it would be using xsl:sort() with a data type of number. The minimum value is then the first node in the sorted list, converted into a number.

Syntax

math:min(nodeSet)

Parameters

• nodeSet

  • : The node-set whose lowest value is to be returned.

Returns

A result tree fragment representing the lowest valued node's numeric value as a string.

Specifications

EXSLT - MATH:MIN