Subject: Re: sorting and parameters From: Steve Tinney <stinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 21:22:30 -0500 |
Likely to be the most-used extension after node-set and output-splitting. Excellent news! Will this do generalized variable interpolation of (string) variables within a path? select="$nodes/some/$variable/child"? Steve Kay Michael wrote: > > >How do I pass a sort key to a stylesheet? > > In response to this problem and others of the same ilk, the next version of > SAXON will contain an extension function evaluate() which takes as its > argument an XPath expression in the form of a string, and returns the result > of evaluating that expression. > > So you will be able to write > <xsl:param name="key">normalize-space(title)</xsl:param> > . . . > <xsl:sort select="sxf:evaluate('$key')" order="{$sortorder}"/> > > Mike Kay > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Tinney Babylonian Section * University of Pennsylvania Museum stinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Phila, PA. 215-898-4047 XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
Current Thread |
---|
|
<- Previous | Index | Next -> |
---|---|---|
RE: sorting and parameters, Kay Michael | Thread | RE: sorting and parameters, Kay Michael |
Re: XSLFO fo:table-column alignment, alrb | Date | Re: Alternate Values on every secon, Steve Tinney |
Month |