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[xsl] Re: distinct-values() optimization, sorting by frequency

2008-02-08 07:40:53
On Feb 8, 2008 2:27 PM, James Cummings 
<cummings(_dot_)james(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
<!-- A Frequency Sorted List  -->
<div>
  <head>Frequency List</head>
  <list type="unordered">
    <xsl:for-each select="$distinct-persNames">
      <xsl:sort select="count($persNames[normalize-space(lower-case(.))
        = .])"/>
<!-- I think it is this sort statement which slows things down, since
I have to repeat it twice. -->
      <xsl:variable name="current-name" select="."/>
      <xsl:variable name="count-distinct-current-name"
        select="count($persNames[normalize-space(lower-case(.))
        = $current-name])"/>
      <item><xsl:value-of select="concat($count-distinct-current-name,
          '  --  ', $current-name)"/> </item>
    </xsl:for-each>


Actually I don't think that <xsl:sort> is doing what I want at all! :-(

Any suggestions appreciated,

-James

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