Thank you so much, that's it.

Best regards
Sven

Michael Kay wrote:
>> Okay, this works:
>>
>> <xsl:number from="book" level="any"/>
>>
>> Is it possible to assign it to a variable?
> 
> <xsl:variable name="v">
>   <xsl:number from="book" level="any"/>
> </xsl:variable>
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/