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Count non empty nodes in XSL

Hi,

Using XSL how do we count non empty nodes

Like in below xml example If we have to count non empty CCC nodes

value should come 2

Please help me in xsl code

<AAA>
<BBB>
<CCC id="c1">CCC1</CCC>
<CCC id="c2">CCC2</CCC>
<CCC id="c20"/>
<CCC/>
</BBB>
</AAA>

Many Thanks

kmartin7

<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:value-of select="count(text())"/>
</xsl:template>

tia_kamakshi

ASKER

Thanks for your quick response

I have modified my XML as below but value is not coming 3 this time

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<AAA>
<BBB>
<CCC id="c1">CCC1</CCC>
<CCC id="c2">CCC2</CCC>
<CCC id="c20">CCC3</CCC>
<CCC/>
</BBB>
</AAA>

Please help me fixing xsl

Thanks again

tia_kamakshi

ASKER

Also, I need count of nodes <CCC> which is non blank

Thanks again

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Gertone (Geert Bormans)

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kmartin7

Sorry - I was in a rush to a meeting.

I think Geert is on the right track. I assumed you wanted to count ALL nodes that contained text, not just certain elements. To accomplish this, try the following:

<xsl:template match="*">
<xsl:text>Text nodes: </xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="count(//text()[normalize-space()])"/>
</xsl:template>

tia_kamakshi

ASKER

Many Thanks for your help

Gertone (Geert Bormans)

welcome