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RE: More arbitrary sorting

Subject: RE: More arbitrary sorting
From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 10:25:55 +0100
RE: More arbitrary sorting
I think this kind of sorting is almost impossible without using extensions
functions (which aren't hard to use, though non-portable). This is because
the sort key has to be an XPath expression, and XPath expressions don't
allow conditional logic.

Mike Kay

> I have some data:
> <item>MacBean</item>
> <item>McBarlow</item>
> <item>Re MacBart</item>
> <item>Re McBeanie</item>
> 
> Which needs to be sorted and transformed as follows:
> <item>McBarlow</item>
> <item>Re McBart</item>
> <item>MacBean</item>
> <item>Re McBeanie</item>
> 


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