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RE: sorting by position?
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 12:02:05 +0100
- Subject: RE: [xsl] sorting by position?
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
Sure:
<xsl:sort select="column[$chosen]"/>
Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com] On Behalf Of
> Stuart Zakon
> Sent: 13 June 2002 03:47
> To: XSL-List@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: [xsl] sorting by position?
>
>
> Is there any way to sort using <xsl:sort> for a positional
> sort? For instance, given the following XML for a generic
> table, is there a way to specify to sort the rows by the
> first or second column, depending on which column is chosen
> to sort by?
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <table>
> <row>
> <column>x</column>
> <column>b</column>
> </row>
> <row>
> <column>z</column>
> <column>c</column>
> </row>
> <row>
> <column>y</column>
> <column>a</column>
> </row>
> </table>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Stuart Zakon
> Objects by Design
>
>
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