SortSequence

Sort a list.

Child elements

(none)

Parent elements

AtPageCreation, AtPageShipout, Case, Contents, Element, ForAll, Loop, Otherwise, Record, SaveDataset, SavePages, SetVariable, Until, While

Attributes

criterion (text)

Name of the attribute that is used as the sort key.

numerical (optional, since version 3.1.21)

Sort alphabetical or numerical

• yes: Sort alphabetical
• no: Sort alphabetical (default)

order (optional, since version 3.1.22)

Select the sorting order

• ascending: Use ascending sort order (default)
• descending: Use descending sort order

removeduplicates (text, optional)

If this attribute is used then it contains the name of the data-attribute that gets evaluated when duplicates are eliminated.

select (XPath expression)

The data that should be sorted.

Example

Data:

<data>
  <elt value="one"/>
  <elt value="two"/>
  <elt value="three"/>
</data>

Layout:

<Record element="data">
  <SetVariable variable="unsorted" select="*"/>
  <SetVariable variable="sorted">
    <SortSequence select="$unsorted" criterion="value"/>
  </SetVariable>
  <PlaceObject>
    <Textblock>
      <ForAll select="$sorted">
        <Paragraph><Value select="@value"></Value></Paragraph>
      </ForAll>
    </Textblock>
  </PlaceObject>
</Record>