RE: [xsl] When does sort occur?

["Ragulf Pickaxe" <jawxml@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, both Jarno and David C.

To the comment about just testing:
Perhaps you are right in this instance, it was perhaps rather simple. I 
usually don't like relying solely on tests on fundamental behavior as I 
don't know all variables in question and thus do not know if there are any 
pitfalls that might leave me with wrong understanding - that has happened to 
me before. I think others on this list have said something like this - look 
at all the issues that has been on this list about disable-output and 
unbreakable spaces.

In this question I also gained new understanding, as I would not have 
thought of code like the below:

> Sure, and you can also rewrite it
>
>   <xsl:for-each select="node">
>     <xsl:sort select="@num" order="descending" data-type="number"/>
>     <xsl:if test="position()=1"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:if>
>   </xsl:for-each>


> or you can use <http://exslt.org/math/functions/max/> if your processor 
> support EXSLT.

I use MSXML 3.0 and I think it does not support EXSLT. If I am incorrect in 
this, I will be glad to hear.

Ragulf Pickaxe :)

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