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Michael Kay, This is really awesome! How would this be expressed in XSLT 1.0. The xsl:sort attribute @collation is a bit mystical to me. Mike Ferrando Library Technician Library of Congress Washington, DC 202-707-4454 --- Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The simplest answer is probably to invoke the "codepoint collation" > which > collates every character according to its numeric Unicode value. > You can > invoke this using > > <xsl:sort > collation="http://www.w3.org/2005/04/xpath-functions/collation/codepoint"/> > > Michael Kay > http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: JBryant@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:JBryant@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: 21 July 2005 19:50 > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: Sorting values that contain spaces > > > > Hi, Mike, > > > > I'm using Saxon 8.4, but I tested it with Xalan-J 2.4.1 and > > got the same > > result (I guess you and the Xalan folks chose the same > implementation > > scheme). > > > > Lazy bum that I am, I was hoping for a method that wouldn't > > require a Java > > extension, but I guess I'll go tinker with Java and see what > > I can do. > > I've already extended Saxon with my own Java class (to get a list > of > > filenames from a directory), so it's not a total mystery. > > > > The source code for Saxon must include at least one collation > class > > already, so I'll start with that and the Java API reference. > > Any advice or > > samples of collation classes that you might be able to point > > to would be > > much appreciated, of course. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jay Bryant > > Bryant Communication Services > > (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies) > > > > > > > > > > > > "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > 07/21/2005 12:47 PM > > Please respond to > > xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > To > > <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > cc > > > > Subject > > RE: Sorting values that contain spaces > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Collating sequences are implementation-defined, so you need > > to say which > > processor you are using. > > > > XSLT 2.0 and Saxon 8 give you control over the choice of > collating > > sequence > > (though you need to understand the underlying Java mechanisms > > pretty well > > to > > exploit this). > > > > Michael Kay > > http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: JBryant@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:JBryant@xxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: 21 July 2005 17:57 > > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Sorting values that contain spaces > > > > > > Given input like this (a list of SQL table names): > > > > > > <tables> > > > <table name="Claim"/> > > > <table name="Claim Aggregate Queue"/> > > > <table name="Claimant"/> > > > <table name="Claim Association Fact"/> > > > </tables> > > > > > > And XSL like this: > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > > <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" > > > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> > > > > > > <xsl:template match="tables"> > > > <xsl:for-each select="table"> > > > <xsl:sort select="@name"/> > > > <xsl:value-of select="@name"/><xsl:if > test="not(position() = > > > last())"><xsl:text>, </xsl:text></xsl:if> > > > </xsl:for-each> > > > </xsl:template> > > > > > > </xsl:stylesheet> > > > > > > I get this: > > > > > > Claim, Claim Aggregate Queue, Claimant, Claim Association Fact > > > > > > I would like to get this: > > > > > > Claim, Claim Aggregate Queue, Claim Association Fact, Claimant > > > > > > How can I get that? > > > > > > I checked the FAQ and various archives of the list, but I > > didn't find > > > anything on target. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Jay Bryant > > > Bryant Communication Services > > > (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies) > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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