> is it possible to do something like this in XSL??

It is not possible to do the algorithm you suggest as `add it to a
string' would be a side effect and therefore evil.

However you can just do

<xsl:variable name="x">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="param/@name"/>
</xsl:variable>

and you'll get what you want. Probably.

David


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