Subject: RE: [xsl] Sorting based on string length in an element From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:28:48 +0100 |
<xsl:for-each select="book/desc"> <xsl:sort select="string-length(.)" data-type="number" order="descending"/> <xsl:if test="position() < 3"> <xsl:copy-of select="."/> </xsl:if> </xsl:for-each> Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Karl Koch [mailto:TheRanger@xxxxxxx] > Sent: 22 July 2005 23:14 > To: Mulberry list > Subject: [xsl] Sorting based on string length in an element > > Hello XSLT experts, > > I have the following kind of content: > > <bookshelf> > <book><desc>description AAAA</desc></book> > <book><desc>description AA</desc></book> > <book><desc>description AAA</desc></book> > <book><desc>description A</desc></book> > </bookshelf> > > I am looking for one stylesheet that sorts the booklist in > descending order > depending on the length of the <desc> element. The result > would look like > this: > > <bookshelf> > <book><desc>description AAAA</desc></book> > <book><desc>description AAA</desc></book> > <book><desc>description AA</desc></book> > <book><desc>description A</desc></book> > </bookshelf> > > Also I would like to have a slight modification of that which > cuts the list > at a certain position (e.g. pos = 2) which would give me this result: > > <bookshelf> > <book><desc>description AAAA</desc></book> > <book><desc>description AAA</desc></book> > </bookshelf> > > How would this modified stylesheet look like assuming that it > should also > work properly in case the list is shorter than pos? > > Kind Regards, > Karl > > -- > 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail > +++ GMX - die erste Adresse fo?=r Mail, Message, More +++
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