[Andrew Kirkpatrick]
> 
> I want to create a number of variables from an external 
> document in order to
> transform a different XML file, but the way that I thought to 
> accomplish
> this was using for-each to cycle through the elements in the external
> document doesn't accomplish what I want because the variables 
> seem to only
> exist within the for-each.
> 

It is not just "seem" - outside their scope they are __gone__. Luckily,
you can have a variable with a global scope.

Just create the variable as an immdiate child of the stylesheet element
(i.e., ouside of any template) , and it will be available anywhere in
the stylesheet.

Cheers,

Tom P

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