[xquery-talk] Lookup tables or equivalent

[Michael Kay]

index-of(("January", "February", ...), $m)

Regards,

Michael Kay
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> [mailto:talk-bounces at x-query.com] On Behalf Of Elliotte Rusty Harold
> Sent: 19 January 2010 12:16
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> Subject: [xquery-talk] Lookup tables or equivalent
> 
> Simple problem. I want an XQuery  function that turns an 
> English month name string such  "February" into the 
> equivalent number such as 2.
> 
> Is there any prettier way to do this than if-then-else nested 
> 12 levels deep? E.g. a switch statement or a map or some such?
> 
> --
> Elliotte Rusty Harold
> elharo at ibiblio.org
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