Re: [xsl] Sorting distinct values

["Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

One can use either of the following FXSL functions:

     f:qsort()
or

    f:xsltSort()


The first one is simpler to use.


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On 7/13/07, Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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