Re: Sort directory-list

Dear All,

The XPath 3.1 sort() function has a @key attribute where you can create
your own function as a sort key. I haven't tried it, but if I've understood
the spec correctly, you can write a function that sorts by just the numeric
portion of the filename.

Best,

David

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 10:16 AM <denis.maier@unibe.ch> wrote:

> *Von:* Martin Honnen <martin.honnen@gmx.de>
> *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 21. November 2024 15:56
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> *Betreff:* Re: Sort directory-list
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> On 21/11/2024 15:43, denis.maier@unibe.ch wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> I’m processing a directory containing files with names like something1,
> something2, …, something10, something11, …, something100, something101…
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> This messes up the sorting when I’m reading those files with
> p:directory-list, as someting10, something11, someting100, and something101
> come before something2. I could preprocess the files with an external
> script to fix the numbering, but I was wondering if there is something I
> could do from within the pipeline. I haven’t seen attributes on
> p:directory-list that would help with that.
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> XPath 3.1 has fn:sort you could use on e.g. <p:for-each><p:with-input
> select="//*:file => sort('http://www.w3.org/2013/collation/UCA?numeric=yes')"/>
> that processes the result of the p:directory-list.
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> Thanks, for the suggestion. I’ve tried that. But it doesn’t seem to have
> any effect. It keeps processing the files in the same order. What could go
> wrong here? How can I track that down?
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> Best,
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> Denis
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