XSLT <xsl:number> Element
 Complete XSLT Element Reference
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"/>
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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)
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| 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)
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| 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
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Example 2
<xsl:number value="250000" grouping-size="2"/>
Output:
25,00,00
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Example 3
<xsl:number value="12" grouping-size="1"
grouping-separator="#" format="I"/>
Output:
X#I#I
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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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