crypvingsata xsl pt

For a side-effects free programming language like XSLT, knowledge like this would be a dangerous thing, I think (because people would start to rely on execution order).

If those path are known in advance like this case, then you can use: <xsl:variable name="vCondition" select="node/@attribute = 0"/> <xsl:variable name="test" select="actual/path[$vCondition] .