Subject: Re: [xsl] Sorting Upper-Case first. Microsoft bug? From: Mukul Gandhi <mukulw3@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 07:08:54 -0700 (PDT) |
Hi Stan , also i wish to add -- that in <xsl:sort syntax , case-order="upper-first" or "lower-first" would produce really meaningful result when *all of the words* to be sorted will consist of *symbols which have case meaning*.. in the *English language*, since the digits do not have case meaning, we are not getting correct result in true lexicographic sense.. i can image there will/may be languages where *their alphabets will have numeric symbols also..* . we normally associate numberic symbols for counting, but in some language(s) numeric sybols may be used to represent something else, and might even have some case meaning ;) i don't know if any such languages exists.. even if such languages do not exist, i may imagine the vision of XSLT spec writers where new languages may be developed whose alphabets may have digits also(and may or may not have case meaning).. so to keep every option open, word "lexicographic" may be correct in the XSLT spec.. Regards, Mukul --- Stan Devitt <jsdevitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mukul, > > Actually, Numbers are part of my alphabet and I > often want to sort > them lexicographically > as parts of labels, file names etc. :) > > Its always possible to provide more than one sorting > method. I suspect > the bigger > question is "user defined" as then this whole issue > kind of goes away. > > Stan Devitt > > Mukul Gandhi wrote: > > >Hi Stan, > > in real world XML files, variety of data is > possible > >*with liklyhood of numbers also existing along with > >alphabets*, so i think popular XSLT processors have > to > >implement with some way of providing sorted order > to > >such data. i feel that is why, true lexicographic > >meaning is not possible with XSLT processors .. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > XSL-List info and archive: > http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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