try data[number($column)]
Perhaps your $column variable is a string or a result tree fragment, not
a number. You didn't show us its declaration.
Michael Kay
Software AG
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[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of
Kasper Nielsen
Sent: 12 November 2002 14:34
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Subject: [xsl] sorting based on a variable
hi (another question)
lets say I want to some data for the $column data-column
<projects>
<project name="a">
<data> 1237</data>
<data> 1234</data>
<data> 1235</data>
<data> 1236</data>
</project>
<project name="b">
<data> 12</data>
<data> 41234</data>
<data> 51235</data>
<data> 71236</data>
</project>
<project name="c">
<data> 1</data>
<data> 41234</data>
<data> 51235</data>
<data> 71236</data>
</project>
</projects>
so if $column=1 then it would sort them into {project
name="c", project name="b", project name="a"} however i've
tried <xsl:for-each select="projects/project">
<xsl:sort select="./data[$column]" data-type="number"/>
but it doesn't work?
however if just use something like
<xsl:sort select="./data[1]" data-type="number"/> it works fine
anyone can tell me what im doing wrong?
regards
Kasper Nielsen
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