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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:

<?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>

XSLT Code:

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

Output:

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