xslt 2.0 sort elements by number - sorting

Question

I have the below input XML,
for some reason my xslt is not able to sort it.
please advice.
appreciate your insights.
this is the full XML
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I want to sort the G_SHL segment with its content based on D_628 field.
`<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LIST>
<S_ISA>
<D_I01>00</D_I01>
<D_I02/>
<D_I03>00</D_I03>
<D_I04/>
<D_I05>01</D_I05>
<D_I06></D_I06>
<D_I05_2>ZZ</D_I05_2>
<D_I07></D_I07>
<D_I08>160427</D_I08>
<D_I09>1106</D_I09>
<D_I10>U</D_I10>
<D_I11>00401</D_I11>
<D_I12>000000001</D_I12>
<D_I13>0</D_I13>
<D_I14/>
<D_I15>></D_I15>
<S_GS>
<D_479>SH</D_479>
<D_142></D_142>
<D_124></D_124>
<D_373>20160427</D_373>
<D_337>1106</D_337>
<D_28>1</D_28>
<D_455>X</D_455>
<D_480>004010</D_480>
<S_ST>
<D_143>856</D_143>
<D_329>0001</D_329>
<S_BSN>
<D_353>00</D_353>
<D_396>0081664420</D_396>
<D_373>20160426</D_373>
<D_337>1347</D_337>
<D_1005>0001</D_1005>
</S_BSN>
<G_SHL>
<S_HL>
<D_628>0000001</D_628>
<D_734>0000000</D_734>
<D_735>S</D_735>
<S_PRF>
<D_324>SITT10-1447195769627</D_324>
<D_328>SITT10-1447195769627</D_328>
</S_PRF>
<S_MEA>
<D_737>PD</D_737>
<D_738>G</D_738>
<D_739>0.081</D_739>
<C_C001>
<D_355>KG</D_355>
</C_C001>
</S_MEA>
<S_TD1>
<D_103>PKG</D_103>
<D_80>00002</D_80>
<D_187>G</D_187>
<D_81>00000.18</D_81>
<D_355>LB</D_355>
</S_TD1>
<S_TD5>
<D_133>O</D_133>
<D_66>2</D_66>
<D_368>CC</D_368>
</S_TD5>
<S_REF>
<D_128>WH</D_128>
<D_127>WH:</D_127>
</S_REF>
<S_REF>
<D_128>RN</D_128>
<D_127>RN:</D_127>
</S_REF>
<S_DTM>
<D_374>011</D_374>
<D_373>20160414</D_373>
</S_DTM>
<G_SN1>
<S_N1>
<D_98>ST</D_98>
<D_93>C3333</D_93>
<S_N3>
<D_166>TEST</D_166>
</S_N3>
<S_N4>
<D_19>TEST</D_19>
<D_116>12345</D_116>
<D_26>US</D_26>
</S_N4>
</S_N1>
</G_SN1>
</S_HL>
</G_SHL>
<G_SHL>
<S_HL>
<D_628>0000002</D_628>
<D_734>0000001</D_734>
<D_735>O</D_735>
<S_MAN>
<D_88>CP</D_88>
<D_87></D_87>
</S_MAN>
</S_HL>
</G_SHL>
<G_SHL>
<S_HL>
<D_628>0000003</D_628>
<D_734>0000002</D_734>
<D_735>P</D_735>
</S_HL>
</G_SHL>
<G_SHL>
<S_HL>
<D_628>0000005</D_628>
<D_734>0000002</D_734>
<D_735>P</D_735>
</S_HL>
</G_SHL>
<G_SHL>
<S_HL>
<D_628>0000004</D_628>
<D_734>0000003</D_734>
<D_735>I</D_735>
<S_LIN>
<D_350>000010</D_350>
<D_235>SK</D_235>
<D_234></D_234>
<D_235_2>BP</D_235_2>
<D_234_2></D_234_2>
</S_LIN>
<S_SN1>
<D_350></D_350>
<D_382>2.000</D_382>
<D_355>EA</D_355>
<D_668>AC</D_668>
</S_SN1>
</S_HL>
</G_SHL>
<G_SHL>
<S_HL>
<D_628>0000006</D_628>
<D_734>0000005</D_734>
<D_735>I</D_735>
<S_LIN>
<D_350>000020</D_350>
<D_235></D_235>
<D_234></D_234>
<D_235_2>BP</D_235_2>
<D_234_2></D_234_2>
</S_LIN>
<S_SN1>
<D_382>1.000</D_382>
<D_355>EA</D_355>
<D_668>AC</D_668>
</S_SN1>
</S_HL>
</G_SHL>
<S_CTT>
<D_354>1</D_354>
</S_CTT>
<S_SE>
<D_96>[]</D_96>
<D_329>0001</D_329>
</S_SE>
</S_ST>
<S_GE>
<D_97>0</D_97>
<D_28>1</D_28>
</S_GE>
</S_GS>
<S_IEA>
<D_I16>01</D_I16>
<D_I12>000000001</D_I12>
</S_IEA>
</S_ISA>
</LIST>`

Answer 1

Try
<xsl:template match="#*|node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="#*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/LIST/S_ISA/S_GS/S_ST">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="#*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="G_SHL">
<xsl:sort select="S_HL/D_628" data-type="number" order="descending"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
I can't verify the path /LIST/S_ISA/S_GS/S_ST but assume you have those ancestor elements in your real XML.
If there can be sibling elements you want to keep in their original input position then one way in XSLT 2.0 is to first identify the adjacent elements you want to sort with for-each-group group-adjacent:
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
exclude-result-prefixes="xs"
version="2.0">
<xsl:output indent="yes"/>
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
<xsl:template match="#*|node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="#*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/LIST/S_ISA/S_GS/S_ST">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="#*"/>
<xsl:for-each-group select="*" group-adjacent="boolean(self::G_SHL)">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="current-grouping-key()">
<xsl:apply-templates select="current-group()">
<xsl:sort select="S_HL/D_628" data-type="number" order="descending"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:apply-templates select="current-group()"></xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each-group>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>