Not hand counting, use stylesheet to do it for you. with xsl:copy p.e.
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Mark <mark(_at_)knihtisk(_dot_)org> wrote:
Hi Michel,
Good idea if there is no better way. But since there are 400 <Item> elements
in the list and hand counting is subject to error, I was hoping to automate
the task. However, I can use this solution if no automated method is
forthcoming.
Regards,
Mark
-----Original Message----- From: Michel Hendriksen
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 7:36 AM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] Sorting by child element count
Maybe not the best way but you could copy/preprocess the Item elements
and add an atribute with the number of Data elements. Then sort on the
attribute.
Michel
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Mark <mark(_at_)knihtisk(_dot_)org> wrote:
Happy new year! Thanks for all the help this list has given me over the
past
two years. My question:
I have an XML document that looks like the listing below. I want to sort
the
<List> by <Item> so that all the <Items> with one <Data> element are
followed by all the <Items> with two <Data> elements, and so on, until the
last <Items> in the output list have the most <Data> elements. The <Data>
elements have to remain inside their original parent <Item>.
No clue how to begin. Can you point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Mark
<List>
<Item>
<Data>...</Data>
... <!—possibly 1 to 10 or so <Data> elements in each parent
<Item> element.
<Data>...</Data>
</Item>
... <!—400 <Item> elements in the <List> –>
</List>
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