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At 22 Sep 2000 18:03 GMT, David Carlisle wrote: > > So actually I want to know how many ancestors the branch has got. > > How can I do this? > > count(ancestor::*) That will get you the number of ancestor elements, but won't include the root node, which is also an ancestor. If you really want all of the ancestors, try: count(ancestor::node()) Regards, Tony Graham ====================================================================== Tony Graham mailto:tgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9632 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ====================================================================== XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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