Hi,

i have a requirement where i have to output a xml with <msg> nodes not more than 5.Each value of the <msg> node is based on different conditional logic using different variable values.My problem is how do i exit from the template as soon as the xml exceeds 5 <msg> nodes or continue ahead if the msg nodes cnt doesnt exceed 5.each msg node value is determined by different conditions using different variable values.

<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:variable name="msgop">
<a>
<msg>content..</msg>
<msg>contet.....</msg>
</a>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:variable name="msgcnt" select="count(a/msg)"/>

<xsl:variable name="msgdsp">
<xsl:call-template name="recur">
<xsl:with-param name="msgcnt"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:variable>

</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="recur">
<xsl:param name="msgcnt"/>
<xsl:if test $msgcnt < 5>
<msg>
execute with some variable value (each msg will use different variable to retrieve content)
</msg>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:call-template name="recur">
<xsl:wih-param name="msgcnt" select="$msgcnt+1"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:template>

Thanks in advance

How about something like this:

That will output the first 5 <msg> elements in the variable you have created above.

If you want to just use these first 5 <msg> elements to do some other processing then call <xsl:apply-templates> instead of <xsl:copy-of>.

To comment on your example XSLT specifically - your recursive template would a) never exit as it always calls itself again (use xsl:choose, xsl:when and xsl:otherwise to do this). b) you don't need the 'global' variable msgcnt, c) You would need to pass 0 in to the first call to xsl:with-param, and d) you've obviously not tried to run this as there are obvious spelling mistakes.

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