thanks Alessio for your solution but the problem is a little bit more
complex cause
I need to define sevelar elements (or variables or attributes) at the same
time
    bgcolor of a <td> element
    color of a <font> element
    src og an <img> element

this is why I tried doing it this way

xsl:for-each select
    xsl:if test=condition
        define variable1
        define variable2
        define variable3
    /xsl:if

xsl:value-of  variable1
...
xsl:value-of  variable2
...
xsl:value-of  variable3

/xsl:for each

thanks again
ciao



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