number format=" 1. "
File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <provinces> <name>Alberta</name> <name>British Columbia</name> <name>Manitoba</name> <name>New Brunswick</name> <name>Newfoundland and Labrador</name> <name>Northwest Territories</name> <name>Nova Scotia</name> <name>Nunavut</name> <name>Ontario</name> <name>Prince Edward Island</name> <name>Quebec</name> <name>Saskatchewan</name> <name>Yukon</name> </provinces> 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="provinces"> <xsl:apply-templates select="name" /> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="name"> <xsl:number format=" 1. " /> <xsl:value-of select="." /> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: 1. Alberta 2. British Columbia 3. Manitoba 4. New Brunswick 5. Newfoundland and Labrador 6. Northwest Territories 7. Nova Scotia 8. Nunavut 9. Ontario 10. Prince Edward Island 11. Quebec 12. Saskatchewan 13. Yukon