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xsl:for-each iterate based on count of nodes

I'm new to xsl and need some help.

1. I'm trying to output the same text information based on the count of the node (./shipTo/item/qty)

2. Here's my code. Notice I'm using a variable "numValues" to store the count, so I can use it in my for each. When I do so, I get the error "Cannot convert #NUMBER to a NodeList!"

<xsl:variable name="numValues">
<xsl:value-of select="count(./shipTo/item/qty)+1"/>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:for-each select="$numValues">
<xsl:value-of select="./transSetId"/>,<xsl:value-of select="./releaseId"/>,<xsl:value-of select="./shipTo/item/qty"/>,<xsl:value-of select="./shipTo/item/qty/@um"/>,<xsl:value-of select="./shipTo/item/qty/@due"/>,<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:for-each>

3. Here's a sample of what I expect as a result:
830,1234,100,EA,03/11/03
830,1234,200,EA,03/12/03
830,1234,300,EA,03/13/03
830,5678,100,EA,03/11/03
830,5678,200,EA,03/12/03

4. How can I repeat the information for each incident of the ./shipTo/item/qty node?

Can you help?

Thanks.

avner

You cannot run a for-each on a NUMBER this is not a regular "for" statment, the for-each can only run on node sets :

In your case, use :
<xsl:for-each select="./shipTo/item/qty">
</xsl:for-each>

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nbingen

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Thanks! position() did it. Also used ancestor:: to take care of elements further up in the tree.