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XML Sort by Content

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Demonstrates the SortByContent method.

The input XML, available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort2.xml, is this:

<root>
    <fruits>
        <apples>
            <apple>fuji</apple>
            <apple>gala</apple>
            <apple>granny smith</apple>
            <apple>honeycrisp</apple>
            <apple>mcintosh</apple>
        </apples>
        <fruit>banana</fruit>
        <fruit>blackberry</fruit>
        <fruit>blueberry</fruit>
        <fruit>orange</fruit>
        <fruit>pear</fruit>
    </fruits>
</root>

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Local $bSuccess = False

$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
Local $oXSortRoot

; The sample input XML is available at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/data/fruitSort2.xml
$bSuccess = $oXml.LoadXmlFile("fruitSort2.xml")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oXml.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Sort the direct children under the "fruits" node by tag:
$oXSortRoot = $oXml.FindChild("fruits")

; Sort in ascending order.
Local $bAscending = True
$oXSortRoot.SortByContent $bAscending

; Show the result:
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetXml() & @CRLF)

; Note:  The "apples" node contains child nodes, but its 
; text content is 0-length (empty).  Therefore, when sorting in
; ascending order, it will be positioned before the direct
; children containing non-empty content.

; <root>
;     <fruits>
;         <apples>
;             <apple>granny smith</apple>
;             <apple>gala</apple>
;             <apple>fuji</apple>
;             <apple>mcintosh</apple>
;             <apple>honeycrisp</apple>
;         </apples>
;         <fruit>banana</fruit>
;         <fruit>blackberry</fruit>
;         <fruit>blueberry</fruit>
;         <fruit>orange</fruit>
;         <fruit>pear</fruit>
;     </fruits>
; </root>

; Sort the direct children under the "apples" node:
$bSuccess = $oXSortRoot.FindChild2("apples")

$oXSortRoot.SortByContent $bAscending
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetXml() & @CRLF)

; <root>
;     <fruits>
;         <apples>
;             <apple>fuji</apple>
;             <apple>gala</apple>
;             <apple>granny smith</apple>
;             <apple>honeycrisp</apple>
;             <apple>mcintosh</apple>
;         </apples>
;         <fruit>banana</fruit>
;         <fruit>blackberry</fruit>
;         <fruit>blueberry</fruit>
;         <fruit>orange</fruit>
;         <fruit>pear</fruit>
;     </fruits>
; </root>