Each of these variables has an integer value. But this syntax is not valid for some reason:
Also, in XSLT 2.0, you can use the operators "gt" (greater than), "lt" (less than), and "eq" (equal). Using these instead of the entities makes your code a bit cleaner.
You have to use < instead of < and > instead of >, because those are reserved characters.
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