Get Position of the current Node in Xslt

You can get the value of a current node using in-built function "position()".


Check position of the current node

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

<xsl:value-of select=”root/item[position()]” />      <!--and  u can use-->   

Check the first node:

<xsl:for-each select="root/items">

 <xsl:choose>

       <xsl:when test="position()='1'">                              <!-- check the first node-->

         <xsl:value-of select="'this is the first node'" />

       </xsl:when>

       <xsl:otherwise>

         <xsl:value-of select="'this is not the first node'" />

       </xsl:otherwise>

 </xsl:choose>

</xsl:for-each>