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RE: [xsl] counting characters in an XML document

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Mike,

That XPath 2.0 addling is getting serious!

Will this be happening to the rest of us?

At 05:30 AM 10/25/01, you wrote:

> Does anyone know how I can use XSL to count the number of
> characters in an
> XML document.

If you're only interested in characters within text nodes, then

count(string-length(/))

Nope -- this will get you an error since the argument of count() must be a node-set, and string-length() returns a number.

(Now, I know you know this, but I just don't want any credulous newbies to get confused.)

Cheers,
Wendell

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