Variable access

Hello,
 I have a small problem with variable scope.
 I would like to declare a variable and store the "Cleared" action in the
<for-each> iteration, and then I have to access it again after the loop ends
(It would be even more nice if I could break the loop on encountering the
'Cleared' text) to do some processing based on the status of the action. Can
anyone help me with this?
 Solution needed asap.

  <xsl:template name="Call_ClearedBySystemMapped">    
    <xsl:for-each select="MsgLevel/OIDInfo/OIDMapping">
      <xsl:if test="ActionString='Cleared'">
	<!-- Store the cleared variable here -->
      </xsl:if>
    </xsl:for-each>

    <!-- Access the variable here -->
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="$Action='Cleared'">
      <xsl:text> YES and process related </xsl:text>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
      <xsl:text> NO and do process related </xsl:text>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>    
  </xsl:template>

thanx in adv,
Gnanendra.
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