Description
The functx:sort-as-numeric function sorts a sequence of numeric values or nodes. This is useful for untyped values, because the order by clause by default treats values as strings, and would therefore sort 100 before 99.
Arguments and Return Type| Name | Type | Description |
|---|
$seq |
item()* |
the sequence to sort |
| return value |
item()* |
XQuery Function Declaration| See XSLT definition. | | XQuery Syntax for July 2004 - January 2007 (1.0): |
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declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com";
declare function functx:sort-as-numeric
( $seq as item()* ) as item()* {
for $item in $seq
order by number($item)
return $item
} ; | | XQuery Syntax for May 2003: |
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declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com"
define function sort-as-numeric
( $seq as item()* ) as item()* {
for $item in $seq
order by fn:number($item)
return $item
} |
Exampleslet $in-xml := | <in-xml>
<f>1</f>
<f>35</f>
<e>4</e>
</in-xml> | return |
| XQuery Example | Results |
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functx:sort-as-numeric(('1','100','99'))
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('1', '99', '100')
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functx:sort-as-numeric($in-xml/*)
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<f>1</f>
<e>4</e>
<f>35</f>
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See AlsoHistory |
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