Get the context position with position() function : position « XSLT stylesheet « XML

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2. XSLT stylesheet
3. position

Get the context position with position() function

File: Data.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Book>
  <Chapter number="c1">the first chapter</Chapter>
  <Chapter number="c2">the second chapter</Chapter>
  <Chapter number="c3">the third chapter</Chapter>
  <Chapter number="c4">the fourth chapter</Chapter>
  <Chapter number="c5">the fifth chapter</Chapter>
</Book>

File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">


  <xsl:template match="Chapter">
    <xsl:if test="position()=2">
      <paragraph>
        the context position is
        <xsl:value-of select="position()" />
      </paragraph>
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:template>


</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <paragraph>
        the context position is
        2</paragraph>
  
  
  
  

 

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