Hello everyone. Currently I have this code here

<xsl:for-each select="*[contains(@class,' topic/topic ')]">
<xsl:value-of select="*[contains(@class,' topic/title ')]">
</xsl:value-of>
</xsl:for-each>

parsing my ENTIRE XML file and generating a TOC which lists the topic (i.e. chapter) titles.

I am trying to modify the code so that it simply displays the title of the current topic. In other words, I need to replace the "for-each" with some sort of "for-the-current select..." This would then be used to display the current chapter title in the header.

Any suggestions?

This is a question about context, and it can't be answered without knowing more about the structure of your document and your overall stylesheet. If the current node is a title element then you can display its value using <xsl:value-of select="."/>, but I doubt that's what you're asking.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

There are actually 3 parts to the structure...

The title of the Chapter is pulled from a container file. For example:

chap1.xml:

<concept id="chap1">
<title>Chapter 1</title>
<conbody id="chap1_body">
</conbody></concept>

Here is the structure of the content files:

content.xml:

<concept id="content">
<title>Content</title>
<conbody id="content_body">
</conbody></concept>

Finally, a DITA map wraps the chapter container around the content:

<chapter href="chap1.xml">

<topicref href="content.xml" />

</chapter>