> From: Gurnam Bedi [mailto:Gurnam.Bedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:04 AM
> Subject:  Limiting a FOR-EACH loop
> 
> 
> How do I ensure that a FOR-EACH loop only iterates over the 
> first x number
> of elements. Or more generally, how can I read the values of 
> first x number
> of elements in a certain node [ex: /SEARCH/RESULTS] and 
> ignore the rest of
> the elements in the /SEARCH/RESULTS (where x itself is the 
> value-of another
> element)?

You could try (assuming x has been defined already):

<xsl:for-each select="/search/results/*[position() &lt;= $x]">
  <xsl:value-of select="."/> <!-- or copy-of if you need the nodes -->
</xsl:for-each>

So if x = 2, only the values of the first two child elements would be
output.

hth,
b.

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