for each sort descending



File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<results group="A">
  <match>
    <date>10-Jun-98</date>
    <team score="2">Brazil</team>
    <team score="1">Scotland</team>
  </match>
  <match>
    <date>10-Jun-98</date>
    <team score="2">Morocco</team>
    <team score="2">Norway</team>
  </match>
  <match>
    <date>16-Jun-98</date>
    <team score="1">Scotland</team>
    <team score="1">Norway</team>
  </match>
</results>

File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:transform xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="1.0">
  <xsl:template match="*">
    <xsl:comment>
      <xsl:value-of select="name()" />
      <xsl:for-each select="ancestor::*">
        <xsl:sort select="position()" order="descending" />
        <xsl:text> within </xsl:text>
        <xsl:value-of select="name()" />
      </xsl:for-each>
    </xsl:comment>
    <xsl:apply-templates />
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:transform>

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!--results-->
  <!--match within results-->
    <!--date within match within results-->10-Jun-98
    <!--team within match within results-->Brazil
    <!--team within match within results-->Scotland
  
  <!--match within results-->
    <!--date within match within results-->10-Jun-98
    <!--team within match within results-->Morocco
    <!--team within match within results-->Norway
  
  <!--match within results-->
    <!--date within match within results-->16-Jun-98
    <!--team within match within results-->Scotland
    <!--team within match within results-->Norway

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for each sort descending : Sort « XSLT stylesheet « XML

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