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Sort element by data type
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File: Data.xml
<employees>
<employee hireDate="04/23/1999">
<last>A</last>
<first>B</first>
<salary>100000</salary>
</employee>
<employee hireDate="09/01/1998">
<last>C</last>
<first>D</first>
<salary>95000</salary>
</employee>
<employee hireDate="08/20/2000">
<last>E</last>
<first>F</first>
<salary>89000</salary>
</employee>
</employees>
File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no" />
<xsl:template match="employees">
<xsl:for-each select="employee">
<xsl:sort select="salary" data-type="number" />
<xsl:if test="position() = 1">
Lowest salary:
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test="position() = last()">
Highest salary:
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
Lowest salary:
E
F
89000
Highest salary:
A
B
100000
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