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count

XSLT/XPath Reference: XSLT elements, EXSLT functions, XPath functions, XPath axes

The count function counts the number of nodes in a node-set and returns an integer.

Syntax

count( node-set )

Arguments

node-set

The node set to be counted.

Returns

An integer representing the number of nodes in a node-set.

Defined

XPath 1.0 4.1

Gecko support

Supported.

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