#!/bin/perl -w use strict; use XML::Twig; my $twig= XML::Twig->new(pretty_print=>'indented'); $twig->parse(\*DATA); my $root=$twig->root; $root->first_child->sort_children_on_att("type"); #Specify list of items (mainterm) that are forced FIRST in the sort order sort_my_kids($root,['mainterm',]); $twig->print; sub sort_my_kids{ my ($me,$OrderTheseFirst) = @_; $me->sort_children( # Use special sort "get_key" sub, to specify artificial sort order # Generated key is: 4-digit "Specified order", Tag, Value sub{my $el=shift; my $tag=$el->tag; my ($i)= (grep({$tag eq $OrderTheseFirst->[$_]} 0..$#$OrderTheseFirst) , 9999); ##Debug# printf " %04d%s\t",$i,$tag; return (sprintf "%04d%s%s",$i,$tag,$el->text_only()); } ); foreach my $kid($me->children){ sort_my_kids($kid,$OrderTheseFirst); # Recursive } }