Re: [xsl] Getting a specific element count from a generic match

["Jay Bryant" <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good one, Mike, and thanks for reminding me about distinct-values().

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 3:13 PM
Subject: RE: [xsl] Getting a specific element count from a generic match


> > 
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
> > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
> > 
> >   <xsl:variable name="namelist" select="//*[not(name() =
> > following::*/name())]"/>
> > 
> 
> We're talking 2.0 here: you can get all the distinct names using
> 
> select="distinct-values(//*/node-name())"
> 
> That's O(n log n) rather than O(n^2), and it's also namespace-aware.
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/