Thanks Ken,
But it did not work. I'll play around with some variations on that theme.
Mark
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From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman(_at_)CraneSoftwrights(_dot_)com>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 12:38 PM
To: <xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Subject: Re: [xsl] Excluding an element with specific content from an
<xsl:sort> call
At 2010-01-30 12:04 -0800, Mark Wilson wrote:
Is it possible when using <xsl:sort> to exclude elements with specific
content from that <xsl:sort>call?
<xsl:sort> isn't a call of any kind ... it is considered a modifier of the
select= of the parent instruction. The select= creates the population of
elements to be processed and the <xsl:sort> instructions direct the
ordering of the selected constructs.
In Listing 1, when the content of the element<Prefix> is 'A' , I would
like to exclude that particular element from being sorted in the <xsl:sort
select="Prefix" data-type="text" /> call. I cannot see how to use the
"except" operator to do this. Is there a way to use "except" or some other
filter?
Some input records will contain no <Prefix> element. However, when
present, the <Prefix> element may content other than "A", such as "D",
"L", etc. My goal is to sort input records with an <Prefix>A</Prefix>
element as though it were absent from the record.
<xsl:sort select="if( Prefix='A' ) then '' else Prefix"/>
I hope this helps.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken
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