Re: [xsl] Sorting Using A Predefined Order

["Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/21/07, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> in addition to the more generic solutions Michael offered, it's not
> clear to me what criterion your sort order is. If it's just a one-off
> request and you really just need to process 5 elements in a custom
> order there is always the simple but effective
>
>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="div[2]"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="div[3]"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="div[5]"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="div[1]"/>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="div[4]"/>

which can also be written as:

<xsl:apply-templates select="(div[2], div[3], div[5], div[1], div[4])"/>

cheers
andrew