RE: How to put sorted nodes into a variable? (to xsl:n

Yes, the approach is correct. You want something like:

<xsl:variable name="temp">
  <xsl:apply-templates>
    <xsl:sort select="..."/>
  </xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:for-each select="exslt:node-set($temp)/*">
  <out>
    <xsl:number/>
    <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
  </out>
</xsl:for-each>

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
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> ongeaddresseerd ongeaddresseerd
> Sent: 05 January 2004 11:50
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> Subject:  How to put sorted nodes into a variable? (to 
> xsl:number a sorted node-set)
> 
> 
> hello all,
> 
> I'm trying to 'xsl:number' some sorted multileveled nodes.
> 
> According to some messages I found in the archive of this 
> mailing list, I 
> should
> first put my sorted node-set into a xsl:variable. (Otherwise 
> numbering will 
> take place according
> to the order of nodes in the xml document!).
> 
> To reproduce my struggle:
> 
> a)  xml input:
> 
> <thing sequenceIndex="30" key="hardware">
> 	<thing sequenceIndex="20" key="computerB">
> 	</thing>
> 	<thing sequenceIndex="5" key="computerA">
> 		<thing sequenceIndex="5" key="diskOne">
> 		</thing>
> 		<thing sequenceIndex="10" key="diskTwo">
> 		</thing>
> 	</thing>
> <thing
> <thing sequenceIndex="10" key="software">
> </thing>
> 
> b) wished output: (sorted on attribute 'sequenceIndex')
> 
> 1 software
> 2 hardware
> 2.1 computerA
> 2.1.1 diskOne
> 2.1.2 diskTwo
> 2.2 computerB
> 
> c) xsl
> 
> <xsl:variable name="sorted-things" select="//Thing">
> 	<!-- see question 1 below -->
> </xsl:variable>
> 
> <xsl:for-each select="$sorted-things">
> 	<fo:block>
> 		<xsl:number level="multiple" grouping-size="1" 
> grouping-separator="."/>
> 		<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
> 		<xsl:value-of select="@key"/>
> 	</fo:block>
> </xsl:for-each>
> 
> 
> Question 1: how to put sorted nodes into the variable 
> ($sorted-things)? 
> Sortation according to <xsl:sort select="@sequenceIndex" 
> data-type="number" 
> order="ascending"/>.
> 
> Question 2: is this "use a variable"-strategy correct to 
> xsl:number a set of 
> nodes according to their sortation (and not their xml document order)?
> 
> any help appreciated,
> 
> Mathieu van Echtelt
> Groningen
> the Netherlands
> 
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