RE: [xsl] Sorting nested steps

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2013-07-31 08:53 -0400, Rick Quatro wrote:
> It looks like the recursion is "built-in"
> with the apply-templates rule inside the match.

Indeed ... pushing child nodes like this reflects the inherent nested 
nature of XML structure.  It is really only "recursion" when it is 
the same element structure being processed.

> Also, I didn't' think of the
> position() function, which will help me get the correct sort.

I remind my students that the definition of position() changes during 
a sort:  after the selection is made, position() reflects the order 
of the population being sorted, then after the sort is completed, 
position() reflects the order of the sorted results.

Good luck in your project.

. . . . . . . . Ken


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