Subject: Re: [xsl] sorting on decimal From: Don Smith <dsmith_lockesmith@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 11:46:55 -0700 (PDT) |
Chris, Yes, I didn't realize it until just a moment ago. I had an error in the file that was keeping the template from running as I thought it was. As soon as I got it running correctly I got the message that the source "number" is a string. I simply wasn't thinking straight. Thanks, Don --- On Fri, 5/15/09, Christopher R. Maden <crism@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Christopher R. Maden <crism@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [xsl] sorting on decimal > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 1:43 PM > Don Smith wrote: > > I'm sorting a series of chapters based upon the > chapter number. The numbering system is decimal: > > > > 3.9.1 > > 3.9.2 > > 3.9.3 > > > > and so on. > > > > I'm currently casting the sort key value to > xsd:decimal > > <xsl:sort select="xsd:decimal(@number)"B > /> > > but it's not producing the desired sort order. What am > I missing? > > Ibm curious: what number did you expect to get from the > string b3.9.11b? > > You will need to tokenize the strings and sort by their > components. > > ~Chris > -- > Chris Maden, text nerdB <URL: http://crism.maden.org/ > > bAll I ask of living is to have no chains on me, > And all I ask of dying is to go naturally.b b Laura > Nyro > GnuPG Fingerprint: C6E4 E2A9 C9F8 71AC 9724 CAA3 19F8 6677 > 0077 C319 > > --~------------------------------------------------------------------ > XSL-List info and archive:B http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > To unsubscribe, go to: http://lists.mulberrytech.com/xsl-list/ > or e-mail: <mailto:xsl-list-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --~--
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