conorgaff@g... wrote:

> I have several nodes that are identical. They each have a properties
> X:
> 
> <nodes>
>   <node>
>     <X>one</X>
>     <X>two</X>
>   </node>
>   <node>
>     <X>aaa</X>
>     <X>bbb</X>
>   <node>
> </nodes>
> 
> 
> In my xsl I have
> 
> 
>    <xsl:for-each select="//blah/nodes">
> <nodes>
> 
> </node>
> </xsl:for-each>
> 
> 
> Which is fine for getting each of the nodes out, but problem arises
> when I try to take out X properties of the individual node in
> transform.
> 
> I keep getting all values of all X properties in each node by using
> <xsl:for-each select="//X">:

I guess you are looking for relative XPath expressions e.g.
   <xsl:for-each select="/nodes/node">
     <xsl:for-each select="X">
That way the inner for-each selects only the 'X' elements of the 'node' 
element selected by the outer for-each.

So be careful with prefixing XPath expressions with //, that way you are 
always looking at descendants of the root node.

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