RE: [xsl] Number of nodes in a document.

Subject: RE: [xsl] Number of nodes in a document.
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 08:39:44 +0100
I had some difficulty working out how you calculate 3 as the number of
nodes in this document: I counted 41. I assume you want the number of
<vector> elements, or the number of grandchildren of the root node,
which you can obtain as count(/*/*).

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Satyanarayana Kakarlamudi
> Sent: 22 July 2002 21:46
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> Subject: [xsl] Number of nodes in a document.
> 
> 
> I am trying to translate am XML document into a specific 
> format(.vec format). Is there any way that we can count the 
> total number of nodes in a XML document. For example if I 
> have a XML document like this: <vectorslist> <vector count = 
> "1"> <condition>
>         <parameter mode="in"> input_voltage </parameter>
>         <value> 0.0 </value>
> </condition>
> <condition>
>         <parameter mode="out"> output_value </parameter>
>         <value> 0 </value>
> </condition>
> </vector>
> <vector count = "2">
> <condition>
>         <parameter mode="in"> input_voltage </parameter>
>         <value> 0.5 </value>
> </condition>
> <condition>
>         <parameter mode="out"> output_value </parameter>
>         <value> 0 </value>
> </condition>
> </vector>
> <vector count = "3">
> <condition>
>         <parameter mode="in"> input_voltage </parameter>
>         <value> 1.0 </value>
> </condition>
> <condition>
>         <parameter mode="out"> output_value </parameter>
>         <value> 0 </value>
> </condition>
> </vector>
> </vectorslist>
> 
> Here the total nodes are 3.Can i calculate this number from 
> XSLT. hope i didn't confuse you guys. Thanks in advance. --Murthy.
> 
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