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Define variable in for statement

File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <bib>   <book year="1988">     <title>title 1</title>   </book>   <book year="2004">     <title>title 2</title>   </book> </bib> File: Query.xquery <books>{   for $book in doc("Data.xml")/bib/book   let $t := $book/title/text() order by $t return   <book><title>{$t}</title></book> }</books> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <books>    <book>       <title>title 1</title>    </book>    <book>       <title>title 2</title>    </book> </books>