Re: [basex-talk] First non-null value?

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 4:51 AM Andy Bunce wrote: > If you put your "possibles" in an array rather than a sequence then the > index of the first non-empty item > identifies the match. > Thank you! That does it nicely. It's going to be a little while before I feel like I've comprehended the

Re: [basex-talk] First non-null value?

If you put your "possibles" in an array rather than a sequence then the index of the first non-empty item identifies the match. let $results := [$possible1,$possible2,$possible3,$possible4,$ possible5,'FAILED'] let $index:= array:fold-left($results, -1,

Re: [basex-talk] First non-null value?

On Thu, 2018-09-13 at 16:18 -0400, Graydon Saunders wrote: > let $possible1 as xs:string* := (: go looking for a value via one > route :) > let $possible2 (: all the other routes in preference order :) > > let $foundIt as xs:string := >