I guess this might work ...

//somenode[@value =
'start']/following-sibling::node()[following-sibling::somenode[@value
= 'stop']]

(not tested)

On 4/8/08, jakob Beetz <mailinglists.jakob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear XSLers,
>
> given s.th. like
>
> [...]
> <somenode value="start">Heading</somenode>
>
> <a/>
> <b>text goes here </b>
> <b>unpredictable</b>
> <a>dasdf</a>
>
> <somenode value="stop">something else</somenode>
> [...]
>
>
> how would I select anything (but not including) that is between
> "somenode" with the attribute "start" and "stop"?
>
> This is my beginers approach:
> <xsl:template match="//somenode[@value='start']">
>    <xsl:element name="entity">
>        <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>    </xsl:element>
>    <xsl:for-each select="following-sibling::*">
>        <td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
>     </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
>
> how do check wether the current node in the for-eachnode is the
> "somenode"-node with  "stop" as attribute value? Can I "break out" of
> for each or somehow if-then the inclusion of anything that comes
> _after_ that?
>
> As you probably see I do not have a really good undstanding of
> XSL/XPATH. Browsing the docs and XSL FAQ did not make me wiser either.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated
> Thanks in advance and
> Cheers
> Jakob



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Mukul Gandhi