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File: Data.xml
<employees>
<employee hireDate="04/23/1999">
<last>A</last>
<first>B</first>
<salary>100000</salary>
</employee>
<employee hireDate="09/01/1998">
<last>C</last>
<first>D</first>
<salary>95000</salary>
</employee>
<employee hireDate="08/20/2000">
<last>E</last>
<first>F</first>
<salary>89000</salary>
</employee>
</employees>
File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="text" />
<xsl:template match="employees">
<xsl:apply-templates>
<xsl:sort select="substring(@hireDate,7,4)" />
<!-- year -->
<xsl:sort select="substring(@hireDate,1,2)" />
<!-- month -->
<xsl:sort select="substring(@hireDate,3,2)" />
<!-- day -->
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="employee">
Last:
<xsl:apply-templates select="last" />
First:
<xsl:apply-templates select="first" />
Salary:
<xsl:apply-templates select="salary" />
Hire Date:
<xsl:apply-templates select="@hireDate" />
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
Last:
C
First:
D
Salary:
95000
Hire Date:
09/01/1998
Last:
A
First:
B
Salary:
100000
Hire Date:
04/23/1999
Last:
E
First:
F
Salary:
89000
Hire Date:
08/20/2000
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