RE: [xsl] Unusual Sort

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In XSLT 2.0:

<xsl:sort select="index-of(('Freshman', 'Sophmore', 'Junior'), .)"/>

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Williamson, Chris [mailto:cwilliamson@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 13 April 2005 15:34
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [xsl] Unusual Sort
> 
> I was wondering if there is any way to sort elements other 
> than just the
> regular alphabetical order.  For example,  If you wanted to sort grade
> levels (Freshman, Sophmore, Junior, etc)  so that they are 
> displayed in the
> correct order and not the alphabetical order (Freshman, 
> Graduate, Junior,
> Senior, Sophmore). This is an optional piece of my 
> application so if It
> can't be done fairly easily I will probably not worry about 
> creating the
> functionality of the sort on page..in other words if it's a 
> huge deal don't
> worry about going to the trouble of creating the sort.. Just 
> let me know. 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Chris