Re: First close a tag, then open

> which doesn't validate,
It doesn't get as var as being validated or executed by xslt as it is
not well formed XML.

XSLT does not deal with tags, it deals with nodes in a tree, you can't
half "half a node".

If you think in terms of tree manipulation you should be able to
see that you neverneed a mis matched end tag.

Grouping items into rows of a table is a faq covered again in teh last
few days.

You probably want to select every second item
<xsl:for-each select="itemname[position() mod 2 = 0]">
then make a row of teh table
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="following-sibling::*[1]"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>

David


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