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Count()- Takes a node-set argument and returns a value equal to the number of nodes in the node-set
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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="Transform.xslt" type="text/xsl"?>
<europe>
<state>Belgium</state>
<state>Germany</state>
<state>Finland</state>
<state>Greece</state>
<state>San Marino</state>
<state>Switzerland</state>
</europe>
File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text" />
<xsl:template match="europe">
<xsl:text> Total Number of States: </xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="count(state)" />
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
<xsl:apply-templates select="state">
<xsl:sort />
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="state">
<xsl:text> - </xsl:text>
<xsl:apply-templates />
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
Total Number of States: 6
- Belgium
- Finland
- Germany
- Greece
- San Marino
- Switzerland
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