Hi,

> I have selected one special element A with a certain id. When 
> I create of node-set with A being in it, is there a way of 
> efficiently get the position() of A in that node-set without 
> traversing the node-set sequentally??

No, you have to go through it, but if you use a recursive template instead of xsl:for-each, you can break the "loop" as soon as you find the special element A.

Cheers,

Jarno - VNV Nation: Structure

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