> Can apply-templates attribute mode be passed a variable? i.e. 
> is the following code legal?

No and no. You have to use <xsl:choose>, I'm afraid.

Michael Kay
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> 
>      <xsl:for-each select="x">
>           <xsl:variable name="mode" select="@attr"/>
>           <xsl:apply-templates select="self::x" mode="$mode"/>
>      </xsl:for-each>
> 
> 
>      <xsl:template match="x" mode="a">
>           ...
>      </xsl:template>
> 
>      <xsl:template match="x" mode="b">
>           ...
>      </xsl:template>
> 
>      ...
> 
> Any help much appreciated.
> Seema
> 
> 
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