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RE: sorting xml source
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] sorting xml source
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 21:54:28 -0000
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
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> I am a total newbie. I am using this section of xsl.
>
> ###
> <xsl:for-each select="Cabinate/Print/item">
> <tr>
> <td style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;
> FONT-WEIGHT: 700">
> <xsl:value-of select="Group"></xsl:value-of> \
It's more usual to write empty elements as
<xsl:value-of select="Group"/>
Your notation is perfectly legal, just rather verbose.
> <xsl:value-of select="Name"></xsl:value-of> \
> <xsl:value-of select="Draw"></xsl:value-of> \
> <xsl:value-of select="Folder"></xsl:value-of> \
> page: <xsl:value-of select="currentPage"></xsl:value-of> to
> <xsl:value-of
> select="toPage"></xsl:value-of>
> </tr>
> </xsl:for-each>
> ###
>
> Is there any way to sort the xml source say by "Group".
Add <xsl:sort select="Group"/> after the xsl:for-each.
> Would sorting affect
> my orignal xml source in anyway.
No, XSLT never changes the source document.
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