translate numeric to alphanumeric

heinrich1971 · November 6th, 2016, 09:07 AM

Hello everyone,

I need to add alphanumeric values to a list based on their position.
Is there an easy way to do this with xslt 1.0?

Input:
<list>
<li>
text
</li>
<li>
text
</li>
</list>

output
<list>
<li>
<nr>a</nr>
text
</li>
<li>
<nr>b</nr>
text
</li>
</list>

Martin Honnen · November 6th, 2016, 09:15 AM

Use xsl: number format="a", see http://xsltransform.net/bwdwrZ,

Code:

<xsl:transform xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">


    <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>
    
    <xsl:template match="li">
        <xsl:copy>
            <nr>
                <xsl:number format="a"/>
            </nr>
            <xsl:apply-templates/>
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:transform>