Add number list to the output
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="color"> <xsl:number /> . <xsl:apply-templates /> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: 1 . red 2 . green 3 . blue 4 . yellow