Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> I do not understand your explanation, but maybe when I take the time to
> comprehend it ...

Part of the problem is that Pavel gave you a slightly over-theoretical 
explanation. It's correct, but not the information you really needed 
right at this time.

> Why did the make the for-each when it is not useful?

It is useful... when there's actually more than one node to iterate 
over. The sloppiness in your example is that <xsl:for-each select=".">, 
in specific, is a no-op. "Process all instances of 'the current node'" 
is the same as just going ahead and processing the current node. 
For-each is useful when you want to gather and process _multiple_ 
nodes/values.

In many cases, it actually is better to use an apply-templates call and 
additional templates rather than a for-each. Learning when to use each 
of those techniques is something that comes with experience.

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