Use <xsl:if test="count(preceding::topic) &lt; 5">.

That will work, but probably not very efficiently. A more sophisticated
approach would be to use a recursive named template to process the first
four topics and then stop.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of JAY SCHERER
> Sent: 04 March 2002 15:21
> To: 'XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:  Counting nodes processed
>
>
> I've got a need to limit the amount of ouput generated in a
> translation.  Assume the following xml
>
> <category value="category1">
>   <topic value="topic1"/>
>   <topic value="topic2"/>
>   <topic value="topic3"/>
> </category>
> <category value="category2">
>   <topic value="topic1"/>
>   <topic value="topic2"/>
>   <topic value="topic3"/>
> </category>
>
> How would I limit my total number of topics output to say 4
> topics?  This is straight forward in code, but not sure how
> to do it xsl?  Basically the output would be topic1,2 and 3
> from category1 and topic 1 from category 2
>
> Thanks,
> Jay
>
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