I have the following variable

<xsl:variable name="var1">
         <xsl:copy-of select="//desiredelement"/>
</xsl:variable>

Afterwards I'd like to match any element that matches the xpath "//desiredelement" i.e. is in var1.

<xsl:template match="*[. intersect $var1]">
...
</xsl:template>

...which doesn't work at all.