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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<us>
 <state>Alabama</state>
 <state>Alaska</state>
 <state>Arizona</state>
 <state>Arkansas</state>
 <state>California</state>
 <state>BC</state>
 <state>Connecticut</state>
 <state>Delaware</state>
 <state>Florida</state>
 <state>Georgia</state>
 <state>Hawaii</state>
 <state>Wisconsin</state>
 <state>Wyoming</state>
</us>


File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="text" />

  <xsl:template match="us">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="state" />
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="state">
    <xsl:number format="&#x0020;a.&#x0009;" />
    <xsl:value-of select="." />
    <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:

 a.  Alabama
 b.  Alaska
 c.  Arizona
 d.  Arkansas
 e.  California
 f.  BC
 g.  Connecticut
 h.  Delaware
 i.  Florida
 j.  Georgia
 k.  Hawaii
 l.  Wisconsin
 m.  Wyoming








5.16.number
5.16.1.number level="any" count="section | element" format="1. "
5.16.2.number format: roman
5.16.3.number format=" 01. "
5.16.4.number value="1000000" grouping-size="3" grouping-separator=","
5.16.5.number format="A."
5.16.6.number format="I "
5.16.7.number format=" a. "
5.16.8.number value="position()" format="1. "
5.16.9.number format="1. "
5.16.10.number value="count(car)" format="01"
5.16.11.number count="manufacturer|car" level="multiple" format="1.1. "
5.16.12.count="manufacturer|car" level="any" format="1. "
5.16.13.xsl:number inserts formated numbers into output
5.16.14.The format is given with format attribute.
5.16.15.The attribute starts with format identificator followed by separator characters.
5.16.16.xsl:number value="position()" format="a# "
5.16.17.xsl:number value="position()" format="i: "
5.16.18.xsl:number value="position()" format="I... "
5.16.19.demonstrates the default behaviour of xsl:number element
5.16.20.Setting the attribute level into multiple