XSLT <xsl:sort> Element
 Complete XSLT Element Reference
Definition and Usage
The <xsl:sort> element is used to sort the output.
Note: <xsl:sort> is always within <xsl:for-each> or <xsl:apply-templates>.
Syntax
<xsl:sort
select="expression"
lang="language-code"
data-type="text|number|qname"
order="ascending|descending"
case-order="upper-first|lower-first"/>
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Attributes
| Attribute |
Value |
Description |
| select |
XPath-expression |
Optional. Specifies which node/node-set to sort on |
| lang |
language-code |
Optional. Specifies which language is to be used by the
sort |
| data-type |
text
number
qname |
Optional. Specifies the data-type of the data to be sorted. Default is "text"
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| order |
ascending
descending |
Optional. Specifies the sort order. Default is "ascending" |
| case-order |
upper-first
lower-first |
Optional. Specifies whether upper- or lowercase letters are
to be ordered first |
Example 1
The example below will sort the output by artist:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<h2>My CD Collection</h2>
<table border="1">
<tr bgcolor="#9acd32">
<th>Title</th>
<th>Artist</th>
</tr>
<xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">
<xsl:sort select="artist"/>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="title"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="artist"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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