[xep-support] xsl:sort in apply-templates

[G. Ken Holman]

XSLT and XPath questions would be better posted to the following list:

   http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list

There are a number of subscribers who would enthusiastically respond to 
such questions.

There is also an *excellent* FAQ at:

   http://www.dpawson.co.uk

At 2005-02-25 05:40 -0800, Martin Holmes wrote:
>For various (complicated) reasons, I wanted to use <xsl:sort> within 
><xsl:apply-templates>, rather than inside an <xsl:for-each>

It worries me that the reasons are complicated since there are simple bases 
upon which one makes the choice, but that isn't the nature of the question.

>But my main problem is that it seems to be sorting all the authors first, 
>then all the editors; is there a way to have it combine the two keys (so 
>that if there's an editor, it'll use that; otherwise, it'll use the first 
>author)?

The following will sort first by editor child of bibleStruct, and then 
where equal (including where absent), sort those of equal editor values by 
author child of biblStruct.

      <xsl:apply-templates select="biblStruct">
         <xsl:sort select="editor"/>
         <xsl:sort select="author"/>
      </xsl:apply-templates>

One can specify any number of sort keys in the above fashion ... there is 
no limit.

I hope this helps.

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


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