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RE: XPath count/contains

• To: "'Tomaz Kastrun'" <tomaz@w...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: XPath count/contains
• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 13:55:40 -0000
• In-reply-to: <JOEGLBMCMOCKMEJDEAKOMEOICOAA.tomaz@w...>
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> XPath count function counts only the nodes. but what i want 
> to do, is to
> count attributes within the certain nodes; as following:

Attributes are nodes, just as elements are. Use count(//b_id/@id).

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

> 
> 
> <a>
>   <b_id id="1">edd</b_id>
>   <b_code>123</b_code>
> ....
>  </a>
>  <a>
>   <b_id id="3">mike</b_id>
>   <b_code>456</b_code>
> ....
>   </a>
>  <a>
>   <b_id id="3">jack</b_id>
>   <b_code>789</b_code>
> ....
>   </a>
> 
> if i use
> <xsl:value-of select="count(//b_id)"/>
> i get result 2
> but i would like to count upon the att ID in <b_id>.
> 
> so that i get a count for id=1 within <b_id> 1
> and count for id=3 within <b_id> 2
> 
> I guess XPath doesn't support this. is there anyother 
> solution (without
> using any script language).
> 
> thank you in advance, Tomaz
> 
> 
> 
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