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Counting nodes

XPATH count() Function

Usage

The count() returns number of nodes matching input criteria.

Syntax

<xsl:value-of select="count ( (item,item,...) )"/>

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attribute="{ count( item,item,...) )}"

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Examples

Counting occurence of elements with the specific name 'item' in current contex.

<xsl:value-of select="count(*[name() = 'item')"/>

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Testing for occourence of 'item' elements in current context.

<xsl:if test="count(item) = 0"> There are no items </xsl:if>

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