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title: count
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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.