You may be interested that Saxon has a sort option
collation="http://saxon.sf.net/collation?alphanumeric=yes
which sorts "5 (supl.)" before "10 (supl.)"
Further info at
http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/extensibility/collation.html
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Wilson [mailto:drmark(_at_)TLCdelivers(_dot_)com]
Sent: 21 August 2006 14:25
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] Eliminating leading zeros
Thanks,
98% of my problem was solved by your suggestion. Actually,
the full senerio required some additional statements.
I put in a <xsl:if> test to determine whether the optional
element <sortedItem> was present or not present (this solved
my first set of problems), and if it was, I used an
<xsl:choose> for <xsl:when> <sortedItem> contained only
digits (this solved my second set of problems) and
<xsl:otherwise> when it contained digits together with
addition characters, as in
<sortedItem>05 (supl.)</sortedItem>
Without the <xsl:otherwise>, a NaN was returned. Thus my
third set of problems, yet unsolved.
If <xsl:value-of select="number(.)" /> renders properly when
only digits are present, what would the code look like to
render <sortedItem> 05 (supl.)</sortedItem> as <renderedItem>
5 (supl.)</renderedItem> That is, removing the leading zero
in this case.
The actual additional text in <sortedItem> may vary, but the
digits always come first and there is always a space after
them. The text is usually,but may not always be, (supl.).
Again, thanks for the first bit of help.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Carlisle" <davidc(_at_)nag(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk>
To: <xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: [xsl] Eliminating leading zeros
number(.)
David
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