sorts in text
File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <data> <car id="11"/> <car id="6"/> <car id="105"/> <car id="28"/> <car id="9"/> </data> 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:template match="/"> <TABLE> <xsl:for-each select="//car"> <xsl:sort data-type="text" select="@id"/> <TR> <TH> <xsl:text>Car-</xsl:text> <xsl:value-of select="@id"/> </TH> </TR> </xsl:for-each> </TABLE> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><TABLE><TR><TH>Car-105</TH></TR><TR><TH>Car-11</TH></TR><TR><TH>Car-28</TH></TR><TR><TH>Car-6</TH></TR><TR><TH>Car-9</TH></TR></TABLE>