xml xslt how to use increment variable

Question

How to add the increment variable in xslt

i have table , with student details,

i want to Add S.No front of the Firstname ,

like

1 firstnamJoth

Answer 1

With you current implementation you should be able to use:

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

within the xsl:for-each loop to output a number which will increase for every iteration.