How to set nodeset to variable

Hi,

I am passing a nodeset to my xsl.  How do I set my variable in xsl to a 
nodeset.?
like this?

<xsl:param name="external_files_nodeset" 
select="nodeset($external_files_nodeset)"/>
thanks in advance.
a


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