I know, but I need to be able to accomplish this in order to split
the data displayed into tables.
Short of going and changing the data, I can't see another option and
I can't change the data.

Bedwell Tom wrote:
> 
> You're trying to make XSLT work like a procedural language, which it isn't.
> Far better to work with the language than against it. As previous posters
> have said, you should use the xsl:for-each select attribute  to choose a set
> of nodes you wish to process.
> 
> Tom
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Devan Govender [mailto:Devan.Govender@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 July 2001 13:01
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: AW:  For loop
> 
> Is it possible to do the following :
> 
> <xsl:for-each select="EMPLOYEE_NO">
>         <tr>
>           <td WIDTH="62"><font face="Verdana" size="1">  <xsl:value-of
> select="."/> </font></td>
>           <td WIDTH="89"><font face="Verdana" size="1"> <xsl:value-of
> select="CONTRACT"/> </font></td>
>           <td WIDTH="191"><font face="Verdana" size="1" align="CENTER">
> <xsl:value-of select="MEMBER_NAME"/> </font></td>
>         </tr>
>         <xsl:variable name="temp">
>          <xsl:value-of select="$counting+1"/>
>         </xsl:variable>
>         <xsl:if test="$temp = 10">
>           <xsl:call-template name="BILLING_TEMP2">
>             <xsl:with-param name="counting" select="$temp"/>
>             <xsl:with-param name="counter2" select="$temp2"/>
>           </xsl:call-template>
>         </xsl:if>
>       </xsl:for-each>
> <xsl:template name="BILLING_TEMP2">
>  <xsl:param name="counting"/>
>  <xsl:param name="counter2"/>
>  <xsl:if test="$counting &lt; $counter2">
>   <xsl:call-template name="BILLING_TEMP">
>      <xsl:with-param name="counter" select="1"/>
>      <xsl:with-param name="counting" select="$counting + 1"/>
>   </xsl:call-template>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> to simulate a for loop ???
> 
> Michael Schafer wrote:
> >
> > Devan,
> >
> > there isn't a break or continue statement. The condition IS in the
> > pattern in the select attribute of the <xsl:for-each..> Element. The
> > pattern defines a nodeset and the loop will be processed for all nodes
> > in this set.
> >
> > So what you have to do is to define a suitable pattern.
> >
> > Michael.
> >
> > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]Im Auftrag von Devan
> > Govender
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Juli 2001 13:34
> > An: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Betreff: Re:  For loop
> >
> > I have read about the for-each construct.
> > What I need though is a way of looping and stopping the loop under
> > a certain condition
> >
> >  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> 
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> ignorance." -Christopher Marlowe, 1592
> 
> "HEAVEN does'nt want me & HELL is afraid I'll take over"
> 
> DEVAN GOVENDER
> 
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