Copying the first few xml elements

[gracec]

I have an xml file with the overall structure:

<a>
<b>
<c1>
</c1>
<c2>
</c2>
<c3>
</c3>
..
..
..
</b>
</a>

The xml file has hundreds of c elements and my goal is to write a xslt file that only copies the first 200 c elements in this file, ie up to and including the <c200> element, and delete the rest of the c elements. Does anyone know how?
Thanks in advance!

[gracec]

When i say elements above I mean nodes. So what I mean is how to write a xslt file that only copies the first 200 c nodes in a xml file and deletes the rest. Help please.

[Dormilich]

I could imagine that you can make a string comparison of the element name whether it contains a number <= 200. are you sure you mean nodes and not elements (attributes and text also counts as node)?

if you know the name of the 201st element you can make a for-each loop and use the position as test.

using DOM and a programming language would be easier though …