Instead of position()
, try using xsl:number
instead.
Example:
XML Input
<document>
<section>
<division>text of division</division>
<division>text of division</division>
<division>text of division</division>
</section>
<section>
<division>text of division</division>
<division>text of division</division>
<division>text of division</division>
</section>
</document>
XSLT 1.0
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text"/>
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
<xsl:template match="text()"/>
<xsl:template match="section|division">
<xsl:value-of select="concat(name(),' ')"/>
<xsl:number level="multiple" count="section|division"/>
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output
section 1
division 1.1
division 1.2
division 1.3
section 2
division 2.1
division 2.2
division 2.3
EDIT: Here's another example that's closer to what you were doing in your XSLT. (I added <p>
elements to wrap the text though.
XSLT 1.0
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output indent="yes"/>
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
<xsl:template match="text()"/>
<xsl:template match="section|division">
<div class="{name()}">
<p>
<xsl:value-of select="concat(name(),' ')"/>
<xsl:number level="multiple" count="section|division"/>
</p>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</div>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output
<div class="section">
<p>section 1</p>
<div class="division">
<p>division 1.1</p>
</div>
<div class="division">
<p>division 1.2</p>
</div>
<div class="division">
<p>division 1.3</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<p>section 2</p>
<div class="division">
<p>division 2.1</p>
</div>
<div class="division">
<p>division 2.2</p>
</div>
<div class="division">
<p>division 2.3</p>
</div>
</div>