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XSLT <xsl:sort> Element

To sort the output, we can use the <xsl:sort> element.

Where to use the Sort Information:

In the XSL file, we can simply add an <xsl:sort> element inside the <xsl:for-each> element, to sort the output. To specify what XML element to sort on, the select attribute is used.

Example:

Books.xml:

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<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?-->
<bookstore>
<book category="Child">
<title lang="en">ABC</title>
<author>Author Name</author>
<year>2020</year>
<price>100.00</price>
</book>
<book category="IT">
<title lang="en">XQuery Book</title>
<author>Author 1</author>
<author>Author 2</author>
<year>2018</year>
<price>300.00</price>
</book>
<book category="Sociology">
<title lang="en">Sociology 1</title>
<author>Author Name</author>
<year>2010</year>
<price>250.00</price>
</book>
<book category="GK">
<title lang="en">Current Affairs</title>
<author>Author Name</author>
<year>2019</year>
<price>500.00</price>
</book>
<book category="Science">
<title lang="en">Science Book</title>
<author>Author 1</author>
<author>Author 2</author>
<author>Author 3</author>
<year>2017</year>
<price>150.00</price>
</book>
</bookstore>
<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--> <bookstore> <book category="Child"> <title lang="en">ABC</title> <author>Author Name</author> <year>2020</year> <price>100.00</price> </book> <book category="IT"> <title lang="en">XQuery Book</title> <author>Author 1</author> <author>Author 2</author> <year>2018</year> <price>300.00</price> </book> <book category="Sociology"> <title lang="en">Sociology 1</title> <author>Author Name</author> <year>2010</year> <price>250.00</price> </book> <book category="GK"> <title lang="en">Current Affairs</title> <author>Author Name</author> <year>2019</year> <price>500.00</price> </book> <book category="Science"> <title lang="en">Science Book</title> <author>Author 1</author> <author>Author 2</author> <author>Author 3</author> <year>2017</year> <price>150.00</price> </book> </bookstore>



  
    ABC
    Author Name
    2020
    100.00
  

  
    XQuery Book
    Author 1
    Author 2
    2018
    300.00
  

  
    Sociology 1
    Author Name
 2010
    250.00
  

  
    Current Affairs
    Author Name
    2019
    500.00
  

  
    Science Book
    Author 1
    Author 2
    Author 3
    2017
    150.00

XSLT Code:

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<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?-->
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="">
<h2>List of Books</h2>
<xsl:for-each select="bookstore/book">
<xsl:sort select="price">
</xsl:sort></xsl:for-each><table border="1">
<tbody><tr bgcolor="#9acd32">
<th>Title</th>
<th>Price</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="title"></xsl:value-of></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="price"></xsl:value-of></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?--> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:template match=""> <h2>List of Books</h2> <xsl:for-each select="bookstore/book"> <xsl:sort select="price"> </xsl:sort></xsl:for-each><table border="1"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#9acd32"> <th>Title</th> <th>Price</th> </tr> <tr> <td><xsl:value-of select="title"></xsl:value-of></td> <td><xsl:value-of select="price"></xsl:value-of></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>




  
  
    
List of Books

    
      
      

      

        Title
        Price

Output: