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File: Data.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<addressbook>

  <address>
    <name>
      <title>Ms.</title>
      <first-name>Doris</first-name>
      <last-name>Smith</last-name>
    </name>
    <street>707 New Way</street>
    <city>New York</city>
    <state>ME</state>
    <zip>00218</zip>
  </address>
  <address>
    <name>
      <title>Ms.</title>
      <first-name>Jane</first-name>
      <last-name>Lee</last-name>
    </name>
    <street>930-A Street</street>
    <city>Twincity</city>
    <state>MA</state>
    <zip>02930</zip>
  </address>
</addressbook>

File: Transform.xslt


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

  <xsl:output method="xml" indent="no"/>
  <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

  <xsl:variable name="newline">
  <xsl:text></xsl:text>
  </xsl:variable>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <addressbook>
      <xsl:for-each select="addressbook/address">
        <xsl:sort select="name/last-name"/>
        <xsl:sort select="name/first-name"/>
        <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
      </xsl:for-each>
    </addressbook>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><addressbook><address><name><title>Ms.</title><first-name>Doris</first-name><last-name>Smith</last-name></name><street>707 New Way</street><city>New York</city><state>ME</state><zip>00218</zip></address><address><name><title>Ms.</title><first-name>Jane</first-name><last-name>Lee</last-name></name><street>930-A Street</street><city>Twincity</city><state>MA</state><zip>02930</zip></address></addressbook>








5.45.for each
5.45.1.The xsl:for-each element allows all nodes in a node-set to be processed according to the XSLT instructions nested inside the xsl:for-each element.
5.45.2.Nested for-each loop with sorting
5.45.3.Output xml elements in for-each loop
5.45.4.for-each select=preceding-sibling::address[zip=./zip]
5.45.5.for-each select=//address[generate-id(.)=generate-id(key(zipcodes, zip)[1])]
5.45.6.Use for-each loop to output list items
5.45.7.for-each select="addressbook/address" and sort
5.45.8.compares sorted and unsorted xsl:for-each element
5.45.9.xsl:for-each instruction contains a template, which is applied to each node selected with select attribute.