You may be interested that Saxon has a sort option

collation="http://saxon.sf.net/collation?alphanumeric=yes

which sorts "5 (supl.)" before "10 (supl.)"

Further info at
http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/extensibility/collation.html

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Wilson [mailto:drmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 21 August 2006 14:25
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Eliminating leading zeros
> 
> Thanks,
> 98% of my problem was solved by your suggestion. Actually, 
> the full senerio required some additional statements.
> 
> I put in a <xsl:if> test to determine whether the optional 
> element <sortedItem> was present or not present (this solved 
> my first set of problems), and if it was, I used an 
> <xsl:choose> for <xsl:when> <sortedItem> contained only 
> digits (this solved my second set of problems) and 
> <xsl:otherwise> when it contained digits together with 
> addition characters, as in
> 
> <sortedItem>05 (supl.)</sortedItem>
> 
> Without the <xsl:otherwise>, a NaN was returned. Thus my 
> third set of problems, yet unsolved.
> 
> If  <xsl:value-of select="number(.)" /> renders properly when 
> only digits are present, what would the code look like to 
> render <sortedItem> 05 (supl.)</sortedItem> as <renderedItem> 
> 5 (supl.)</renderedItem> That is, removing the leading zero 
> in this case.
> 
> The actual additional text in <sortedItem> may vary, but the 
> digits always come first and there is always a space after 
> them. The text is usually,but may not always be, (supl.).
> 
> Again, thanks for the first bit of help.
> Mark
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Carlisle" <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:56 AM
> Subject: Re:  Eliminating leading zeros
> 
> 
> >
> > number(.)
> >
> > David