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RE: counting characters in an XML document

Subject: RE: counting characters in an XML document
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:32:16 -0400
RE:  counting characters in an XML document
Mike,

That XPath 2.0 addling is getting serious!

Will this be happening to the rest of us?

At 05:30 AM 10/25/01, you wrote:
> Does anyone know how I can use XSL to count the number of
> characters in an
> XML document.

If you're only interested in characters within text nodes, then

count(string-length(/))

Nope -- this will get you an error since the argument of count() must be a node-set, and string-length() returns a number.


(Now, I know you know this, but I just don't want any credulous newbies to get confused.)

Cheers,
Wendell


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