Hi Sri,

> <xsl:variable name="ID">-1</xsl:variable>
> <xsl:for-each select="Section[parentID='0']">
>         <xsl:if test="$ID=-1">
>                 <xsl:variable name="ID" select="sectionID" />
>         </xsl:if>
> id <xsl:value-of select="$ID"/>

You cannot use variables in this way within XSLT. A variable's scope
is limited to its following siblings and their descendants, and you
cannot reassign a different value to the variable (unless you use an
extension element like saxon:assign).

If you want to get the value of the sectionID of that first Section
element, then that's what you should set the value of the variable to:

<xsl:variable name="ID" select="Section[parentID = '0'][1]" />

I hope that helps,

Jeni

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