Hi Deep,

> //How to get the preceding-sibling of context node
> here following does not work
>
> <xsl:variable name="cnt"
> select="count(preceding-sibling::$contextnode[@name='data'])"/>

You need a location path that starts from the $contextnode:

  $contextnode

And then steps to its preceding sibling elements:

  $contextnode/preceding-sibling::*

I think you're testing the name attribute of the preceding siblings
when you're counting them, so you need:

<xsl:variable name="cnt"
  select="count($contextnode/preceding-sibling::*[@name='data'])"/>

Cheers,

Jeni

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