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Re: ancestor counting
At 22 Sep 2000 18:03 GMT, David Carlisle wrote:
> > So actually I want to know how many ancestors the branch has got.
> > How can I do this?
>
> count(ancestor::*)
That will get you the number of ancestor elements, but won't include
the root node, which is also an ancestor. If you really want all of
the ancestors, try:
count(ancestor::node())
Regards,
Tony Graham
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