> I'm looking for a function similar to to for-each, but 
> instead I will have a value passed from the xml which will be 
> a number and I will have to iterate for that number. What I need is:
> 
> eg <xsl:for nooftimes="2">


In XSLT 2.0 use

<xsl:for-each select="1 to $n">

In XSLT 1.0 the usual workaround is

<xsl:for-each select="//node()[position() &lt; $n]">

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/