MarkLogic: XQuery: hacking the position() - a basic example

I'd been wondering whether there was a way in a FLWOR statement to get the index position. I'd tried a few things that I'd hoped might work but I couldn't find a decent way to get back to the context whenever I got to the return portion of the statement.

It became apparent that in some (not all) contexts, I could rely on this example as a quick (and cheap) workaround:


Yields this:


Update - John Snelson advised me on the correct way to deal with position in XQuery - using for and at when starting the FLWOR statement:


Also worth considering:


And another useful positional trick, suggested by Jason Booth: