>    In the following XML , i would like to have the value of 
> the previous 
> element in a "xsl:variable".can anybody give me a solution.

If the current node is an <action>, you can do
<xsl:if test="not(adq = preceding-sibling::action[1]/adq)">

You don't need variables.

Mike Kay
> 
> <durs>
>     <actions>
>         <action>
>             <adq>ADQ1</adq>
>             <subadq>SADQ1</subadq>
>         </action>
>         <action>
>             <adq>ADQ2</adq>
>             <subadq>SADQ2</subadq>
>         </action>
>         <action>
>             <adq>ADQ3</adq>
>             <subadq> SADQ3</subadq>
>         </action>
>     </actions>
> </durs>
> 
> In the above XML, i would like to do a test whether "ADQ1 != ADQ2".
> 
> How can this be done using XSL.i tried using xsl:variable, 
> but couldn't
> achieve.
> 
> Regards,
> Senthil.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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