hi,
 The below template doesnt increment the count it always displays <form name = "0">

<xsl:template match="mml:mo[.='(']">
       <xsl:variable name="moWithParen" select="count(preceding::mo[text() = '('])"/>
                <prompt><goto next = "{$moWithParen}"/></prompt>
                <prompt>&lt;/form&gt;</prompt>

                <xsl:text>
            &lt;prompt&gt;
            &lt;form name = "</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="$moWithParen"/><xsl:text>"&gt;
            &lt;/prompt&gt;</xsl:text>
       </xsl:template>

kindly help is appreciated
Thank you
gs

Look man, why don't you post an example complete with a test XML document, your stylesheet and what you want as an output. It'll be easier to help you.

Dijkstra's law on Programming and Inertia:

If you don't know what your program is supposed to do, don't try to write it.

gs,

see my reply to your other thread, http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6237, "how to output non-well formed string"

...sam