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Using a Math Expression with a Parameter for Conditional Formatting

In addition to enabling you to display parameters, use conditional formatting, and modify ASP.NET controls, the power of XSLT also provides another layer of data functionality: When you have numerical values in your data, you can use XPath expressions to perform mathematical functions on those numbers. For example, you can add a summary row to a data view and create a Totals column or calculate the average price of your products.

In this exercise, you will insert a new column into a data view and then create a mathematical expression in XPath that will be used for conditional formatting.

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USE the products.stp template and the newParameters.aspx ASPX file. These practice files ...