[XML4Lib] Alphabetical Listing

[Engard, Nicole]

Hi all,

 

Just wondering if anyone has written an Xquery that will split a list up
alphabetically.  In particular a list of authors/titles.  I want to put
an A-Z list of links at the top of the page so people can see just the
authors with names starting with B if they way - and so on.  I figured
why re-invent the wheel if someone else has done it already :-)

 

This is my list:

 

define function display-authorlist($params as node()) as node() {

  (: Display introductory text :)
<span>
    <h1>Alphabetical Listing of Authors</h1> 
    <ul> 
  {
    (: Search creators and include total contributions :)
    for $creators in fn:distinct-values(
      for $creator in fn:collection()//dc:creator
      let $uniformName
:=fn:normalize-space(fn:replace($creator,",.*$",""))
      order by fn:tokenize($uniformName, " ")[fn:last()]
      return $uniformName) 
    let
$count:=xdmp:estimate(/METS:mets/METS:dmdSec/METS:mdWrap/METS:xmlData/dc
:creator[cts:contains(., $creators)])
    where $count != 0
    return <li><a href="default.xqy?terms={$creators}">{$creators}</a>
({$count})</li> 
  }
  </ul>
</span>
} 

 

It's a bit insane right now without having some sort of division.

 

Thanks,

Nicole C. Engard

Metadata Librarian

 

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