Following is a small example illustrating the idea..

XML file:
<?xml  version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<test>
  <nameList>
    <name1>Mukul</name1>
    <name2>Nikhil</name2>
  </nameList>
  <phoneList>
    <phone1>9899123456</phone1>
    <phone2>3099777111</phone2>
  </phoneList>
</test>

XSLT file:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 
 <xsl:output method="text" />
 
  <xsl:template match="/test">
     <xsl:apply-templates select="nameList" />
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="nameList">
    <xsl:for-each select="*">
      <xsl:variable name="pos" select="position()" />
      <xsl:value-of select="." /> : <xsl:value-of 
select="../following-sibling::phoneList[1]/*[$pos]" /><xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:template>
  
</xsl:stylesheet>

The output is -
Mukul : 9899123456
Nikhil : 3099777111

Regards,
Mukul


"John Smith" wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> What I REALLY want to do is following:
> 
> With this xml:
> 
> <nameList>
>     <name1/>
>     <name2/>
> </nameList>
> 
> <phoneList>
>     <phone1/>
>     <phone2/>
> </phoneList>
> 
> When I am processing <name1>, I would like to get <phone1> and when <name2>,
> get <phone2>.
> 
> I tried position() but it doesn't seem to work.
> 
> TIA.
> 
> JS
> 
> "John Smith" <Jsmith@e...> wrote in message
> news:42544573$0$34296$a32e20b9@n......
> > Hi,
> >
> > Instead of refereeing an element using a number, such as
> >
> > myElement[2]
> >
> > Can I refer it using a variable such as
> >
> > myElement[$index] ?
> >
> > Thanks for help.
> >
> > JS
> >
> >
> 
> 
>