Name
<xsl:sort> — Defines a sort key for the current context. This element appears as a child of the <xsl:apply-templates>
or <xsl:for-each>
elements. Within those elements, the first <xsl:sort>
defines the primary sort key, the second <xsl:sort>
defines the secondary sort key, etc.
Category
Subinstruction (<xsl:sort>
always appears as a child of the <xsl:apply-templates>
or <xsl:for-each>
elements)
Required Attributes
None.
Optional Attributes
- select
An XPath expression that defines the nodes to be sorted.
- lang
A string that defines the language used by the sort. The language codes are defined in RFC1766, available at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1766.txt.
- data-type
An attribute that defines the type of the items to be sorted. Allowable values are
number
andtext
; the default istext
. An XSLT processor has the option of supporting other values as well. Sorting the values32 10 120
withdata-type="text"
returns10 120 32
, whiledata-type="number"
returns10 32 120
.- order
An attribute that defines the order of the sort. Allowable values are
ascending
anddescending
.- case-order
An attribute that defines the order in which upper- and lowercase letters are sorted. Allowable values are
upper-first
andlower-first
.
Content
None.
Appears in
<xsl:apply-templates>
and <xsl:for-each>
.
Defined in
XSLT section 10, Sorting.
Example
We’ll illustrate <xsl:sort>
with this stylesheet:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="text"/> <xsl:variable ...
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