XSLT WHILE LOOP

[kurtmo5]

I want to loop through an XML file five times. What is the best way to go about this?

 

[jel]

Your question isn't realy clear; if you want to use xsl and just parse the source 5 times the same you could do it like this:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"[/URL] xmlns="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict">[/URL]
   <xsl:template match="/">
      <xsl:call-template name="ParseRoot">
         <xsl:with-param name="counter" select="1" />
      </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template name="ParseRoot">
      <xsl:param name="counter" />
      <xsl:apply-templates/>

      <xsl:if test="$counter != 6">
         <xsl:call-template name="ParseRoot">
            <xsl:with-param name="counter" select="$counter+1" />
         </xsl:call-template>
      </xsl:if>
   </xsl:template>
   
   <xsl:template match="whatever"/>
   
</xsl:stylesheet>