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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="Transform.xslt" type="text/xsl"?>
<member>
 <state joined="1995">Austria</state>
 <state joined="1950">Belgium</state>
 <state joined="1973">Denmark</state>
 <state joined="1986">Portugal</state>
 <state joined="1986">Spain</state>
 <state joined="1995">Sweden</state>
 <state joined="1973">United Kingdom</state>
</member>


File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="text" />

  <xsl:template match="member">
    <xsl:text>Number of EU Member States: </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="count(state)" />
    <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="state/@joined">
      <xsl:sort data-type="number" order="descending" />
    </xsl:apply-templates>
    <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="state/@joined">
    <xsl:text> - </xsl:text>
    <xsl:apply-templates select=".." />
    <xsl:text> (</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="." />
    <xsl:text>)&#10;</xsl:text>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

Number of EU Member States: 7
 - Austria (1995)
 - Sweden (1995)
 - Portugal (1986)
 - Spain (1986)
 - Denmark (1973)
 - United Kingdom (1973)
 - Belgium (1950)








5.18.Sort
5.18.1.The Element is used to specify sort order for node-sets
5.18.2.sort order="descending" select="."
5.18.3.sort elements
5.18.4.sort order="descending"
5.18.5.sort data-type="number" order="descending"
5.18.6.sort by name()
5.18.7.sort by attribute: sort select="@joined" data-type="number" order="descending"
5.18.8.Sort by different data types and order
5.18.9.Sort in a for-each loop
5.18.10.Sort by last name than first name
5.18.11.sort select="." data-type="number"
5.18.12.sort select="xs:integer(.)"
5.18.13.sort select="."