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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