Assuming you know there is only one "start" node and one "stop" node:

In XSLT 2.0

<xsl:variable name="start" select="*[@value='start']"/>
<xsl:variable name="stop" select="*[@value='stop']"/>
<xsl:for-each select="$start/following-sibling::*[. << $stop] | $stop">
  ...
</xsl:for-each>

In 1.0

<xsl:variable name="start" select="*[@value='start']"/>
<xsl:for-each select="$start/following-sibling::*[@value='stop' or
following-sibling::*/@value='stop']>
  ...
</xsl:for-each>

There are lots of other solutions. The most elegant use recursion, but
beginners tend to find that difficult.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jakob Beetz [mailto:mailinglists.jakob@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 08 April 2008 13:41
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  following nodes until "stop-node" reached 
> (content between two nodes)
> 
> Dear XSLers,
> 
> given s.th. like
> 
> [...]
> <somenode value="start">Heading</somenode>
> 
> <a/>
> <b>text goes here </b>
> <b>unpredictable</b>
> <a>dasdf</a>
> 
> <somenode value="stop">something else</somenode> [...]
> 
> 
> how would I select anything (but not including) that is 
> between "somenode" with the attribute "start" and "stop"?
> 
> This is my beginers approach:
> <xsl:template match="//somenode[@value='start']">
>     <xsl:element name="entity">
>         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>     </xsl:element>
>     <xsl:for-each select="following-sibling::*">
>         <td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
>      </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> how do check wether the current node in the for-eachnode is 
> the "somenode"-node with  "stop" as attribute value? Can I 
> "break out" of for each or somehow if-then the inclusion of 
> anything that comes _after_ that?
> 
> As you probably see I do not have a really good undstanding 
> of XSL/XPATH. Browsing the docs and XSL FAQ did not make me 
> wiser either.
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated
> Thanks in advance and
> Cheers
> Jakob