[xsl] Sorting distinct values

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

Is there a way I overlooked in XPath to sort a sequence of numbers?

I'm pondering how to pull distinct values from a list, say 
(0,3,17,4,6,4,3) and get them in sorted order. distinct-values() in 
Saxon returns me (0,3,17,4,6) but I'd like them as (0,3,4,6,17).

I did manage to do it in XSLT by grouping them by value, sorting the 
groups, writing out the grouping keys and then tokenizing the 
resulting string -- but that seems like a long way to do it.

Any ideas for a spiffy short way?

Cheers,
Wendell



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