You might try 
<xsl:template match="/doc/p[position()=last()]">

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Charles Knell
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-----Original Message-----
From:     Mukul Gandhi <gandhi.mukul@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent:     Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:50:32 +0530
To:       xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  Re:  function last() not matching the last element tag

On 1/26/07, Ross Buchanan <ross-buchanan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am running into a problem where I need to find the first paragraph
> element of a document and the last paragraph element to give a unique
> class to each. I am able to find the first paragraph with <xsl:template
> match="/doc/p[1]"> but am not able to match the last element with
> <xsl:template match="/doc/p[last()]">.

This template will probably work (to match last 'p' element)

<xsl:template match="p[not(following-sibling::p)]">
  <!-- template contents -->
</xsl:template>

(not tested)

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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi