How sort elements and store them in a variable, XSLT

Question

I was wondering whether it\'s possible to sort some elements first and store them (already sorted) in a variable. I would need to refer to them thought XSLT that\'s why I\'d

Answer 1

1. Using XSLT version 2.0 you could use perform-sort and tell that your variable is of type of a sequence of MultiDeposits using the as keyword (as="element(MultiDeposits)+")
2. Since your data is already as yyyy-mm-dd you can avoid to use the subtring to get each part of the date and use the sort directly on the field

with this sample xml:

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  4
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and using the XSLT version 2.0 sheet:

 
 
  

  
   
    
   
  

  first date:,
  last date:

  
 
 

the ouput will be:

first date:1998-01-01, last date:2010-08-09