In XSLT how do I increment a global variable from a different scope?

Question

I am processing an XML file where I want to keep count of the number of nodes, so that I can use it as an ID as I write new nodes.

At the moment I have a global vari

Answer 1

Variables in XSLT are immutable so you have to approact the problem with that in mind. You could either use position() directly:

Or in a more template orientated way: