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Yes, that's exactly what's going on. Since 'TOTAL' would convert to NaN, Xalan, when sorting, chooses to sort all NaN values as if they were 0. The reason that 'TOTAL' appears after 0 is due to the following sentence from the XSLT recommendation, section 10: "The sort must be stable: in the sorted list of nodes, any sub list that has sort keys that all compare equal must be in document order." This is one of the great, unanswered questions: since NaN is not ordered, how do you order it in a sort? Maybe one of the working group members can comment as to whether or not the working group is going to address this? Dave "Gareth Sylvester-Bradley" <gareth.sbradley@xxxxxxxxxx To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> e.com> cc: (bcc: David N Bertoni/CAM/Lotus) Sent by: Subject: RE: Bug Sorting Zeros owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx rytech.com 06/25/2001 09:51 AM Please respond to xsl-list > BEFORE THE SORT: 0,1,2,3,4....52,TOTAL > AFTER THE SORT (ascending order): 0,TOTAL,1,2,3,4....52 > AFTER THE SORT (descending order): 52,51,50......3,2,1,0,TOTAL Doesn't this look more like the string 'TOTAL' is being sorted as if it were zero (and a stable sorted used)? ************************************************************************* The information contained in this message or any of its attachments may be privileged and confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee. If you are not the addressee any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited ************************************************************************** XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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