> I want to use the variable in an XPath outside of the xsl:for-each, ie in
> another scope.

<xsl:variable name="x">
either my solution or mike Kay's
</xsl:variable>

then you can use $x and it'll coerce from a RTF to a string to a number
if need be. 

David


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