Add the predicate in your XPath expression, so it becomes: 

<xsl:value-of select="count(//tablelayout/column[@nr='2']/*)"/>

Sara

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob van der Zeijden [mailto:r.zeijden@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 1:22 PM
> To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Simple XSL Question
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> xml fragement:
> 
> <tablelayout>
>       <column nr='1'>
>          <columnwidth1>9cm</columnwidth1>
>          <columnwidth2>7cm</columnwidth2>
>          <columnwidth3>3cm</columnwidth3>
>       </column>
>       <column nr='2'>
>          <columnwidth1>9cm</columnwidth1>
>       </column>
>    </tablelayout>
> 
> 
> How can I count all the children of the element column where nr = 2?
> Should be something like this:
> <xsl:value-of select="count(//tablelayout/column/*)"/> the 
> only thing is that the nr=2 
> is not handled yet.
> 
> Thanks Rob
> 
> 
> 
> 
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