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Nested for-each loop with sorting

File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <addressbook>   <address>     <name>       <title>Ms.</title>       <first-name>Doris</first-name>       <last-name>Smith</last-name>     </name>     <street>707 New Way</street>     <city>New York</city>     <state>ME</state>     <zip>00218</zip>   </address> </addressbook> File: Transform.xslt <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">   <xsl:output method="text" indent="no"/>   <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>   <xsl:variable name="newline">   <xsl:text></xsl:text>   </xsl:variable>   <xsl:template match="/">     <xsl:for-each select="addressbook/address">       <xsl:sort select="name/last-name"/>       <xsl:sort select="name/first-name"/>       <xsl:for-each select=".">         <xsl:if test="name/title">           <xsl:value-of select="name/title"/>           <xsl:text> </xsl:text>         </xsl:if>         <xsl:value-of select="name/first-name"/>         <xsl:text> </xsl:text>         <xsl:value-of select="name/last-name"/>         <xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>         <xsl:value-of select="street"/>         <xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>         <xsl:value-of select="city"/>         <xsl:text>, </xsl:text>         <xsl:value-of select="state"/>         <xsl:text>  </xsl:text>         <xsl:value-of select="zip"/>         <xsl:value-of select="$newline"/>       </xsl:for-each>     </xsl:for-each>   </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: Ms. Doris Smith707 New WayNew York, ME  00218