---position () function of XSLT syntax _xsl

Position () function--return node position

Syntax: Position ()

Parameters: None

return value: Integer

Purpose: This function is used to return the position of the context node in the collection of nodes being processed.

The following sample program demonstrates the use of the position () function.

The XML source document is shown below.

[XHTML] View plain copy <?xml version= "1.0"?> <root> <e pos= "1" >001</e> <e pos= "2" >002</e> <e pos= "3" >003</e> <e pos= "4" >004</e> <e pos= "5" >005</e&   Gt </root>
The XSLT document is shown below.

[XHTML] View plain copy <?xml version= ' 1.0 '?> <xsl:stylesheet ' version= ' 1.0 ' xmlns:xsl= ' http://www.w3.org/1999 /xsl/transform "> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:for-each select=" root/e "> section <xsl:value-of select= "position ()"/> e element: <xsl:value-of select= "." /> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>
The output is shown below.

1th e element: 001

2nd e element: 002

3rd e element: 003

4th e element: 004

5th e element: 005