Hi samjudson thanks for the reply. No actual my requirement is different. This is a sample template which i posted for letting my requirement. I want to update the variable each time which is not possible in xslt. Actually i will be getting the xsl from other xml file where i want to traverse based on the index value Ex: <Revision><Number><xsl:value-of select="$OtherSource[1]"/></Number></Revision>. Let me try it through XPath. Thank you