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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=" 01.&#09;" />
    <xsl:value-of select="." />
    <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:
 01.  Alberta
 02.  British Columbia
 03.  Manitoba
 04.  New Brunswick
 05.  Newfoundland and Labrador
 06.  Northwest Territories
 07.  Nova Scotia
 08.  Nunavut
 09.  Ontario
 10.  Prince Edward Island
 11.  Quebec
 12.  Saskatchewan
 13.  Yukon








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