Perl

XML Sort Records by Content

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Demonstrates the SortRecordsByContent method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitRecordsSort.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <fruit>
            <name>apple</name>
            <color>red</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>banana</name>
            <color>yellow</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blackberry</name>
            <color>purple</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>blueberry</name>
            <color>blue</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>orange</name>
            <color>orange</color>
        </fruit>
        <fruit>
            <name>pear</name>
            <color>green</color>
        </fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>

Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

my $xml = Chilkat2::Xml->new;

# The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitRecordsSort.xml
my $success = $xml->LoadXmlFile('fruitRecordsSort.xml');
if (!$success) {
    print $xml->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# The "fruit" records are direct children of the "fruits" node.
# Therefore, to sort the fruit records, the SortRecordsByContent
# method must be called from the "fruits" node.
my $xSortRoot = $xml->FindChild('fruits');

# Sort by the "name" field in ascending order.
my $bAscending = 1;
$xSortRoot->SortRecordsByContent('name', $bAscending);

# Show the result:
print $xml->GetXml(), "\n";

# <root>
#     <fruits>
#         <fruit>
#             <name>apple</name>
#             <color>red</color>
#         </fruit>
#         <fruit>
#             <name>banana</name>
#             <color>yellow</color>
#         </fruit>
#         <fruit>
#             <name>blackberry</name>
#             <color>purple</color>
#         </fruit>
#         <fruit>
#             <name>blueberry</name>
#             <color>blue</color>
#         </fruit>
#         <fruit>
#             <name>orange</name>
#             <color>orange</color>
#         </fruit>
#         <fruit>
#             <name>pear</name>
#             <color>green</color>
#         </fruit>
#     </fruits>
# </root>