Subject: RE: [xsl] Sorting XML Elements alphabetically From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:25:38 -0000 |
You want a variation of the identity template: <xsl:template match="*"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/> <xsl:apply-templates select="*"> <xsl:sort select="name()"/> </xsl:apply-templates> </xsl:template> Not tested. Michael Kay > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Peter Loh Yoon Chao > Sent: 13 February 2004 12:03 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] Sorting XML Elements alphabetically > > > Hi, > > I am a beginner to the world of XSL and related technologies. > I have an XML document with an arbitrarily deep tree > structure where the elements are in random order, e.g. > > <school> > <teacher> > <subject>maths</subject> > <name>tom hart</name> > </teacher> > <student> > <age>12</age> > <name>dick jones</name> > <gender>male</gender> > </student> > </school> > > I would like to produce XML output from this source where the > elements are sorted alphabetically at each level, i.e. > > <school> > <student> > <age>12</age> > <gender>male</gender> > <name>dick jones</name> > </student> > <teacher> > <name>tom hart</name> > <subject>maths</subject> > </teacher> > </school> > > Is there an XSL transformation that can help me achieve this? > I experimented with different ways of using <xsl:sort> but > so far, I seem to have been only sorting data rather than the > elements themselves. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. > > Peter > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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