Hi,

> > Only problem would be that i need the order of records to be same in
> output
> > as in input and input of records can be in random order,viz
> > <record1><record1><record2><record1><record2><record1>.But 
> with the two
> > for-loops this will break the sequence.
> >
> > How can this be done.

The solution you had was pull-processing, when for this sort of transformation push-processing is the natural way to go. Try e.g.

  <xsl:template match="*">
    <xsl:element name="{name()}1">
      <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
    </xsl:element>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="record1 | record2">
    <xsl:variable name="num" select="substring(name(), string-length(name()), 1)"/>
    <xsl:element name="record{$num + 2}">
      <xsl:value-of select="concat(., $num)"/>
    </xsl:element>
  </xsl:template>

Cheers,

Jarno

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