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File: Data.xml
<colors>
  <color>red</color>
  <color>green</color>
  <color>blue</color>
  <color>yellow</color>
</colors>

File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="1.0">
  <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no" />

  <xsl:template match="colors">
    <xsl:for-each select="color">
      <xsl:value-of select="position()" />
      .
      <xsl:value-of select="." />
      <xsl:text>
            </xsl:text>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:template>
  

</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:

1
      .
      red
            2
      .
      green
            3
      .
      blue
            4
      .
      yellow








5.65.position
5.65.1.Get current position and text
5.65.2.if test="position() = last()"
5.65.3.position() returns a value equal to the context position
5.65.4.position() returns a number equal to the context position