Re: Complicated count() query

See if this helps you...

http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/N2018.html#d44e13410

Also, if you're parsing your document multiple times, you could add
an element or attribute for each match, then count on the second
parsing of the elements.  Not really the best solution, but an option
for you.  This example is simplified and specific to 'John', but you
could make this generic.  It only works, of course if you're using a
framework that allows for subsequent processing of your xml doc.

[Not tested]
<xsl:for-each select = "student">
  <xsl:if test="starts-with(name,'John')">
    <xsl:element name="johnCounter"/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>


The stylesheet for the second stylesheet would then count these
nodes...

count <xsl:value-of select="count(//johnCounter)"/> (use actual path)



thx,
cass

--- Zak McGregor <zak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I have some data like this:
> 
> <list>
> 	<student>
> 		<name>John Smith</name>
> 	...
> 	</student>
> 	<student>
> 		<name>G. Whizz</name>
> 	</student>
> 	...
> </list>
> 
> and I would like to do a case-insensitive count of all "john"
> occurrences. Does anyone have any idea how to do this? I'm
> completely
> stumped.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Zak
> 
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