Re: Excluding an element with specific content from an

Thanks Ken,
But it did not work. I'll play around with some variations on that theme.
Mark

At 2010-01-30 12:04 -0800, Mark Wilson wrote:

Is it possible when using <xsl:sort> to exclude elements with specific content from that <xsl:sort>call?

<xsl:sort> isn't a call of any kind ... it is considered a modifier of the select= of the parent instruction. The select= creates the population of elements to be processed and the <xsl:sort> instructions direct the ordering of the selected constructs.

In Listing 1, when the content of the element<Prefix> is 'A' , I would like to exclude that particular element from being sorted in the <xsl:sort select="Prefix" data-type="text" /> call. I cannot see how to use the "except" operator to do this. Is there a way to use "except" or some other filter?

Some input records will contain no <Prefix> element. However, when present, the <Prefix> element may content other than "A", such as "D", "L", etc. My goal is to sort input records with an <Prefix>A</Prefix> element as though it were absent from the record.

<xsl:sort select="if( Prefix='A' ) then '' else Prefix"/>

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken

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