RE: [xml-dev] sorting elements

["Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>]

As well as David's reply, see also the recent thread under the title "natural sorting" on the mulberrytech xsl-list.

 

I'm planning to introduce an alphanumeric collation in the next Saxon release which will handle this kind of ordering.

 

Michael Kay

http://www.saxonica.com/

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From: Esteban Pizzini [mailto:esteban.pizzini@gmail.com]
Sent: 01 February 2006 13:57
To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: [xml-dev] sorting elements

Hi people,

I have to sort some elements that have the following content:

<art>1.1</art>
<art>1</art>
<art>2</art>
<art>2.1.1</art>
<art>2.1</art>

and the order should be 1 - 1.1 - 2 - 2.1 - 2.1.1

What method should I use? because the value that I've to use for sorting has a hierarchical meaning..
Any idea?

Thanks!!

Esteban