Re: Function from-ancestors and parent element name.

    '********* I would like to have a count of the
    ' ******** parent of the name element *****
    <xsl:value-of select="count(from-ancestors(parent(.)))"/>

T:\ftemp>type test.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<test>
 <test attr="a">
  <test attr="b">
   <other attr="c">
    <test attr="d">
     <test attr="e">
      <other attr="f">
       <test attr="g">
        <test attr="h"/>
       </test>
      </other>
     </test>
    </test>
   </other>
  </test>
 </test>
</test>

T:\ftemp>type test.xsl
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/XSL/Transform/1.0">

<xsl:template match="/*">   <!--don't report document element-->
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*">
  <xsl:text>Element </xsl:text>
  <xsl:value-of select="@attr"/>
  <xsl:text> has parent </xsl:text>
  <xsl:value-of select="name(..)"/>
  <xsl:text>, being number </xsl:text>
  <xsl:value-of select="count(ancestor::*[name(.)=name(current()/..)])"/>
  <xsl:text>.&#xa;</xsl:text>
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

T:\ftemp>call xsl test.xml test.xsl test.txt
T:\ftemp>type test.txt
Element a has parent test, being number 1.
Element b has parent test, being number 2.
Element c has parent test, being number 3.
Element d has parent other, being number 1.
Element e has parent test, being number 4.
Element f has parent test, being number 5.
Element g has parent other, being number 2.
Element h has parent test, being number 6.

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