No, in the general case we use recursion for this purpose.
However, in your case you don't need an xsl:for-each instruction at all.
Simply define the "foundIt" xsl:variable as:
<xsl:variable name="foundIt" select="$listofNodes[. =
$mySearchItem][1]"/>
or if you need a boolean, then:
<xsl:variable name="foundIt" select="count($listofNodes[. =
$mySearchItem][1])"/>
Dimitre Novatchev,
FXSL developer,
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
Resume: http://fxsl.sf.net/DNovatchev/Resume/Res.html
"Bill Riegel" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> What to look thru a listOfNodes, and set contents on a variable, foundIt,
> when I found what I am looking for, then break.
>
> <xsl:variable name="foundIt">
> <xsl:for-each select="$listofNodes">
> <xsl:if test="string(current()) = $mySearchItem">
> <!-- break out of look if found what I am looking
> for -->
> <xsl:break>
> </xsl:if>
> </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:variable>
>
> <!-- do something with foundIt -->
>
> Bill Riegel
> LandMark Graphics
> 713-839-3388
>
>
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