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> Actually, that's not equivalent. My solution (using string()) treats an empty transition element and an absent transition element as equivalent; DImitre's solution treats them as distinct. This is clearly what Roger (the OP) wanted. He wrote: > I want a count of the number of distinct transition values, where row elements with no transition element are counted as 1. On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 9:05 AM Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx < xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Use count(distinct-values(/test/row/string(transition))) > > I would use the more obvious and self-explanatory: > > let $test := /test/row > return > count(distinct-values($test/transition)) + 1[$test[not(transition)]] > > > Actually, that's not equivalent. My solution (using string()) treats an > empty transition element and an absent transition element as equivalent; > DImitre's solution treats them as distinct. > > Michael Kay > Saxonica > > XSL-List info and archive <http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list> > EasyUnsubscribe <http://lists.mulberrytech.com/unsub/xsl-list/782854> (by > email <>) > -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. --------------------------------------- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk ------------------------------------- Never fight an inanimate object ------------------------------------- To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all ------------------------------------ Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. ------------------------------------- You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play ------------------------------------- To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. ------------------------------------- Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. ------------------------------------- Typing monkeys will write all Shakespeare's works in 200yrs.Will they write all patents, too? :) ------------------------------------- Sanity is madness put to good use. ------------------------------------- I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
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