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XSLT' sorting are instruction lets you sort a group of similar elements.
Identified as <xsl:sort> and attributes
for this element let you to add details about how you want the sort done, e.g.
you can sort using
alphabetic or numeric ordering, sort on multiple keys, and reverse the sort order
with use of <xsl:sort>.
Now this XSLT Tutorial secetion of XSLT Sorting will guide how you should know quite a lot about XSLT to transform XML
files HTML documents for rendering in Internet Explorer 5. This XSLT Tutorial
section will guide you to use the HTML table model. We are going to show you how to sort XML data elements before
showing them on browser.
Example of XSLT Sorting
XML Code for XSLT Sorting Example [XSLT_Sorting_Example.xml]
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="xslt_Sorting_Example.xsl"?>
<globalGuideLine>
<employee employee_id="ggl101">
<FirstName>Jamima</FirstName>
<LastName>Elisibith</LastName>
<gender>Female</gender>
</employee>
<employee employee_id="ggl121">
<FirstName>Alfa</FirstName>
<LastName>Cute</LastName>
<gender>Male</gender>
</employee>
<employee employee_id="ggl130">
<FirstName>Kethrin</FirstName>
<LastName>Bruster</LastName>
<gender>Female</gender>
</employee>
</globalGuideLine>
XSLT for XSLT Sorting Example [xslt_Sorting_Example.xsl]
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="text"/>
<xsl:template match="globalGuideLine">
<xsl:apply-templates>
<xsl:sort select="FirstName"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="employee">
Employee ID: <xsl:apply-templates select="@employee_id"/>
First Name: <xsl:apply-templates select="FirstName"/>
Last Name: <xsl:apply-templates select="LastName"/>
Gender: <xsl:apply-templates select="gender"/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Complete Example of XSLT Sorting
XSLT Tutorial sources and outputs of XSLT sorting view it by simply clicking on file name of XSLT, XML
and Out Put of XSLT Sorting Example
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