count

The number of items in a sequence

Description

The fn:count function returns the number of items in a sequence, as an xs:integer.

Parameters

Description

arg:integer()

the sequence of items to count

Examples

XPath

Results

count( (1, 2, 3) )

3

count($ordDoc//item)

6

count(distinct-values($ordDoc//item/@num))

4

count( (1, 2, 3, () ) )

3

count( () )

0

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