surely this list has seen this before?

<xsl:template match="a">
  <div>
    <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
    <xsl:copy-of select="following-sibling::*
         [generate-id(preceding-sibling::a[1])=generate-id(current())]">
  </div>
</xsl:template>

Cheers,
Wendell

hello xsl list,

this problem has me scratching my head, i do not require a total solution, but perhaps a hint. I have run into mismatched tags quite a bit, i am thinking i have to use position()?

a new <div> is required every time an <a> is encountered

surely this list has seen this before?

thank you in advance.
darrell dupas

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<xmlfile type="before-transform" >
<a>grp1 title</a>
<b>grp1 member a </b>
<b>grp1 member b </b>
<a>grp2 title</a>
<b>grp2 member a </b>
<b>grp2 member b </b>
<b>grp2 member c </b>
<b>grp2 member d </b>
<a>grp3 title </a>
<b>grp3 member a</b>
</xmlfile>
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<xmlfile type="desired-result" >
<div>
 <a>grp1 title</a>
 <b>grp1 member a </b>
 <b>grp1 member b </b>
</div>
<div>
 <a>grp2 title</a>
 <b>grp2 member a </b>
 <b>grp2 member b </b>
 <b>grp2 member c </b>
 <b>grp2 member d </b>
</div>
<div>
 <a>grp3 title </a>
 <b>grp3 member a</b>
</div>
</xmlfile>

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