something like this?

David


<xsl:stylesheet 
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/XSL/Transform/1.0"
  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"
  result-ns="">

<xsl:variable name="n" expr="3"/>
 
<xsl:template match="doc">
  <table>
    <xsl:call-template name="grab-row">
      <xsl:param name="x" expr="0"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
  </table>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="grab-row">
  <xsl:param-variable name="x"/>
  <tr>
    <xsl:for-each select="*[position() &lt;= ($n+$x) and position() > $x]">
      <td><xsl:value-of select="@value"/></td>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </tr>
  <xsl:if test="count(*) > $x">
    <xsl:call-template name="grab-row">
      <xsl:param name="x" expr="$x + $n"/>
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>


</xsl:stylesheet>


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