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Maybe not the best way but you could copy/preprocess the Item elements and add an atribute with the number of Data elements. Then sort on the attribute. Michel On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Mark <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Happy new year! Thanks for all the help this list has given me over the past > two years. My question: > > I have an XML document that looks like the listing below. I want to sort the > <List> by <Item> so that all the <Items> with one <Data> element are > followed by all the <Items> with two <Data> elements, and so on, until the > last <Items> in the output list have the most <Data> elements. The <Data> > elements have to remain inside their original parent <Item>. > > No clue how to begin. Can you point me in the right direction? > > Thanks, > Mark > > <List> > <Item> > <Data>...</Data> > ... <!possibly 1 to 10 or so <Data> elements in each parent > <Item> element. > <Data>...</Data> > </Item> > ... <!400 <Item> elements in the <List> > > </List>
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