Re: [xsl] re-ordering nodes/partial sort

["M. David Peterson" <m.david@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin,

Just so you have the info if you need it (and if you can be certain that if the 
'supp-desc' element value contains a '(' then it is going to have a 'supp-desc' 
cousin with the same name minus the descriptor enclosed in '()') then the 
following will work as far as keeping things in document order and then making 
copies of all the siblings with the same name and sorting those ascending 
alphabetically (implied if not specified with the sort attribute)...

If there are other details that will determine whether or not an element should 
be included or excluded via the first apply-templates then this method won't 
work but this are not then this is a fairly simple way to accomplish what you want.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; version="1.0">

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <supplements>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="supplements/supp[not(contains(supp-desc, 
'('))]"/>
    </supplements>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="supp">
    <xsl:for-each select=". | ../supp[contains(supp-desc, current()/supp-desc)]">
    <xsl:sort select="supp-desc"/>
      <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Hope this helps!

<M:D/>

Kevin Bird wrote:
> Hi
>
> In the following structure I can receive 1 or many <supp> nodes. Some of
> the <supp> nodes need re-arranging depending on their <supp-desc>. The
> order is: Bed &amp; Breakfast, Bed &amp; Breakfast (child), Half Board,
> Half Board (child), Full Board and Full Board (child). Any <supp> with a
> <supp-desc> that is not one of the above appear before them in the
> output.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> --INPUT--
>
> <supplements>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Sea View</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>10.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Half Board</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>30.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Bed &amp; Breakfast</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>4.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Full Board</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>60.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Half Board (child)</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>15.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Full Board (child)</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>30.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Bed &amp; Breakfast (child)</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>2.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Balcony</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>8.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> </supplements>
>
> --REQUIRED OUTPUT--
>
> <supplements>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Sea View</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>10.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Balcony</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>8.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Bed &amp; Breakfast</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>4.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Bed &amp; Breakfast (child)</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>2.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Half Board</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>30.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Half Board (child)</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>15.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Full Board</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>60.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> 	<supp>
> 		<supp-desc>Full Board (child)</supp-desc>
> 		<supp-price>30.00</supp-price>
> 	</supp>
> </supplements>
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Kevin