The following code defines $prices to contain a sequence of decimal values computed from the prices of each product.
<xsl:variable name="prices"> <xsl:for-each select="products"> <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="@price"> <xsl:sequence select="xs:decimal(@price)"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:sequence select="xs:decimal(@cost) * 1.5"/> </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> </xsl:for-each>