Re: [xsl] question about count(node())

[Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Andreas Peter wrote:
> I match on <block> and count the nodes by using
> <xsl:with-param name="countnodes" select="count(node())"/>
>
> The returned value is "9". I need to know how many nodes are between 
> the element <block>. Could anyone of you out there explain to me which 
> nodes are counted? I cannot see any schema behind.

That you receive '9' has already been explained by Eric and Michael. 
Here are some possible scenarios for what you may mean:

If you want to count *all* nodes, I assume you mean all descendants from 
block. Use: count(//node()). If you want all nodes, but not the 
whitespace or text nodes, use count(//*). If you want all nodes, but not 
whitespace nodes, including text nodes, you can use count(//text()[.] | 
//*). etc

Cheers,
-- Abel Braaksma