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RE: [xsl] sort order - short word before longer word??

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> I got a sorting problem, I try to sort some entries alphabetically,
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> the problem is, when I have these two entries
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> <word>Ank|ndigungsabgabe</word>
> <word>Ank|ndigungsabgabenpflicht</word>
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> Transforming with <xsl:sort select="." order="ascending"
> data-type="text" />
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> I get the second one first, and can't figure it out how to
> get the shorter one first. Actually I am expecting the
> shorter one should be the first in the result.
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> Using saxon8.2

I get the shorter one first, as expected.

Post how you are performing the sort - within xsl:for-each or
xsl:apply-templates, with some sample input.

cheers
andrew

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