XSLT <xsl:sort> Element

XSLT Element

Definition and Usage

The <xsl:sort> element is used to sort the results.

Note:The <xsl:sort> element is always located inside <xsl:for-each> or <xsl:apply-templates>.

Syntax

<xsl:sort
select="expression"
lang="language-code"
data-type="text|number|qname"
order="ascending|descending"
case-order="upper-first|lower-first"/>

Attribute

Attribute Value Description
select XPath-expression Optional. Specifies the node or node set to be used as the sort key.
lang language-code Optional. Specifies the language used for sorting.
data-type
  • text
  • number
  • qname
 Optional. Specifies the data type of the data to be sorted. The default is "text".
order
  • ascending
  • descending
 Optional. Specifies the sort order. The default is "ascending".
case-order
  • upper-first
  • lower-first
 Optional. Specifies whether to sort in alphabetical order first.

Instance

Example 1

The following example will sort by artist as the keyword:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
<xsl:template match="/">
  <html>
  <body>
    <h2>My CD Collection</h2>
    <table border="1">
      <tr bgcolor="#9acd32">
        <th>Title</th>
        <th>Artist</th>
      </tr>
      <xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">
      <xsl:sort select="artist"/>
      <tr>
        <td><xsl:value-of select="title"/></td>
        <td><xsl:value-of select="artist"/></td>
      </tr>
      </xsl:for-each>
    </table>
  </body>
  </html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

XSLT Element