> I'm aware of that method of setting xs:variable but in the situation where you
> have to set a large number of variables based on a single condition

Are you sure that you need a large number of variables, rather than a
variable that contains a lot of structure?

instead have having

<xsl:variable name="v1" select="1"/>
<xsl:variable name="v2" select="2"/>
<xsl:variable name="v3" select="3"/>

you might have

<xsl:variable name="vx">
<v>
 <v1>1</v1>
 <v2>2</v2>
 <v3>3</v3>
</v>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name="v" select="x:node-set($vx)"/>

David

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