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The xsl:number element is a very powerful and versatile tool for
inserting chapter (paragraph, footnote, list item, ...) numbers automatically.
It allows both for the specification of the format of a number (numerals, letters,
roman numerals, Hebrew letter-numbers) as for the calculation of the appropriate
value for the current node.
The value attribute can be used to specify the numeric value to send to the output.
In this example, we don't use the value attribute. The numeric value is calculated
using the level, count and from attributes.
The output format of the calculated value is specified by the attributes format, lang,
letter-value, grouping-separator and grouping-size. Note how one xsl:number element can
be used to create paragraph numbers such as III.a.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><formatted-book>
Chapter I: It begins
Paragraph I.a:
First paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 1)
Paragraph I.b:
2nd paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 2)
Paragraph I.c:
3rd paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 3)
Paragraph I.d:
4th paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 4)
Chapter II: The sequel
Paragraph II.a:
Paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 5)
Paragraph II.b:
Yet another paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 6)
Chapter III: Final chapter
Paragraph III.a:
Da paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 7)
Paragraph III.b:
Last paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 8)
</formatted-book><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<formatted-book>
Chapter I: It begins
Paragraph I.a:
First paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 1)
Paragraph I.b:
2nd paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 2)
Paragraph I.c:
3rd paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 3)
Paragraph I.d:
4th paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 4)
Chapter II: The sequel
Paragraph II.a:
Paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 5)
Paragraph II.b:
Yet another paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 6)
Chapter III: Final chapter
Paragraph III.a:
Da paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 7)
Paragraph III.b:
Last paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 8)
</formatted-book><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<formatted-book>
Chapter I: It begins
Paragraph I.a:
First paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 1)
Paragraph I.b:
2nd paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 2)
Paragraph I.c:
3rd paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 3)
Paragraph I.d:
4th paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 4)
Chapter II: The sequel
Paragraph II.a:
Paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 5)
Paragraph II.b:
Yet another paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 6)
Chapter III: Final chapter
Paragraph III.a:
Da paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 7)
Paragraph III.b:
Last paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 8)
</formatted-book><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?><formatted-book>
Chapter I: It begins
Paragraph I.a:
First paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 1)
Paragraph I.b:
2nd paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 2)
Paragraph I.c:
3rd paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 3)
Paragraph I.d:
4th paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 4)
Chapter II: The sequel
Paragraph II.a:
Paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 5)
Paragraph II.b:
Yet another paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 6)
Chapter III: Final chapter
Paragraph III.a:
Da paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 7)
Paragraph III.b:
Last paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 8)
</formatted-book><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><formatted-book>
Chapter I: It begins
Paragraph I.a:
First paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 1)
Paragraph I.b:
2nd paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 2)
Paragraph I.c:
3rd paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 3)
Paragraph I.d:
4th paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 4)
Chapter II: The sequel
Paragraph II.a:
Paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 5)
Paragraph II.b:
Yet another paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 6)
Chapter III: Final chapter
Paragraph III.a:
Da paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 7)
Paragraph III.b:
Last paragraph
(is paragraph nr. 8)
</formatted-book>
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