RE: Count all instances of a named element in a tree

Hello,

If you don't want to use the '//' construct, you can use keys;
for example:

  <xsl:key name="nodes" match="countmein" use="'x'"/>
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <result countmein="{count(key('nodes','x'))}"/>
    </xsl:template>

Resulting document:
  <result countmein="8"/>

Regards,
EB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: W Charlton [mailto:XSLList@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 5:49 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Count all instances of a named element in a tree
>
>
>
> Does anyone know an elegant solution to counting all elements in an XML
> fragment where the elements to be counted are nested in a tree? An example
> of the XML is below:
>
>    <xmltree>
>       <countmein>Node1</countmein>
>       <nodes>
>          <node>
>             <countmein>Node2</countmein>
>             <level>1</level>
>             <nodes>
>                <node>
>                   <countmein>Node3</countmein>
>                   <level>2</level>
>                   <nodes>
>                      <node>
>                         <countmein>Node4</countmein>
>                         <level>3</level>
>                         <nodes/>
>                     </node>
>                  </nodes>
>               </node>
>               <node>
>                  <countmein>Node5</countmein>
>                  <level>2</level>
>                  <nodes/>
>               </node>
>               <node>
>                  <countmein>Node6</countmein>
>                  <level>2</level>
>                  <nodes/>
>               </node>
>            </nodes>
>         </node>
>         <node>
>            <countmein>Node7</countmein>
>            <level>1</level>
>            <nodes>
>               <node>
>                  <countmein>Node8</countmein>
>                  <level>2</level>
>                  <nodes/>
>               </node>
>            </nodes>
>         </node>
>      </nodes>
>    </xmltree>
>
> The count in this case would be 8.
>
> I am using XSLT 1.0
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> William Charlton
> The yMonda team
> yMonda Limited
> w: www.ymonda.net