Counter inside xsl:for-each loop

Question

How to get a counter inside xsl:for-each loop that would reflect the number of current element processed.
For example my source XML is

Answer 1

position(). E.G.:

<countNo><xsl:value-of select="position()" /></countNo>

Answer 2

    <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/>
    <xsl:template match="/">
        <newBooks>
                <xsl:for-each select="books/book">
                        <newBook>
                                <countNo><xsl:value-of select="position()"/></countNo>
                                <title>
                                        <xsl:value-of select="title"/>
                                </title>
                        </newBook>
                </xsl:for-each>
        </newBooks>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Answer 3

Try inserting <xsl:number format="1. "/><xsl:value-of select="."/><xsl:text> in the place of ???.

Note the "1. " - this is the number format. More info: here

Answer 4

You can also run conditional statements on the Postion() which can be really helpful in many scenarios.

for eg.

 <xsl:if test="(position( )) = 1">
     //Show header only once
    </xsl:if>

Answer 5

Try:

<xsl:value-of select="count(preceding-sibling::*) + 1" />

Edit - had a brain freeze there, position() is more straightforward!