XSLT <xsl:number> Element

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# XSLT <xsl:number> Element

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## Definition and Usage

The <xsl:number> element is used to determine the integer position of the current node in the source. It is also used to format a number.

## Syntax

<xsl:number
count="expression"
level="single|multiple|any"
from="expression"
value="expression"
format="formatstring"
lang="languagecode"
letter-value="alphabetic|traditional"
grouping-separator="character"
grouping-size="number"/>

## Attributes

Attribute | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
count | expression | Optional. An XPath expression that specifies what nodes are to be counted

level

single
multiple
any

Optional. Controls how the sequence number is assigned

Can be one of the following:

- single (default)
- multiple
- any (not supported by Netscape 6)

from | expression | Optional. An XPath expression that specifies where the counting will start
value | expression | Optional. Specifies a user-provided number that is used in place of a sequence generated number

format

formatstring

Optional. Defines the output format for the number. Can be one of the following:

- format="1" results in 1 2 3 . .
- format="01" results in 01 02 03 (not supported by Netscape 6)
- format="a" results in a b c . . (not supported by Netscape 6)
- format="A" results in A B C. . (not supported by Netscape 6)
- format="i" results in i ii iii iv . . (not supported by Netscape 6)
- format="I" results in I II III IV . . (not supported by Netscape 6)

lang | languagecode | Optional. Specifies the language alphabet to be used for the numbering (Not supported by Netscape 6)
letter-value | alphabetic traditional | Optional. Specifies whether the numbering in the selected language is alphabetic or traditional. The default is alphabetic
grouping-separator | character | Optional. Specifies what character should be used to separate groups of digits. The default is the comma
grouping-size | number | Optional. Specifies how many digits are in the groups that are being separated by the character specified in the grouping-separator attribute. The default is 3

### Example 1

<xsl:number value="250000" grouping-separator="."/>
Output:
250.000

### Example 2

<xsl:number value="250000" grouping-size="2"/>
Output:
25,00,00

### Example 3

<xsl:number value="12" grouping-size="1"
grouping-separator="#" format="I"/>
Output:
X#I#I

### Example 4

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<p>
<xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">
<xsl:number value="position()" format="1" />
<xsl:value-of select="title" /><br />
</xsl:for-each>
</p>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

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