> Dear friends,
> 
> I want to count the number of elements and nodes in a xml 
> with an xsl. can u say a way6 to do it.
> 
> <A>
>      <A1>
>                     <A12>
>           <A12>
>           <A12>
>      </A1>
>                 <A2>
>           <A12>
>           <A12>
>      </A2>
> ....
> </A>
> 
> i should get a sum in this case of  8 ie sum of nodes and 
> childs .. how to get this done .


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

...will count all of the elements (not text or whitespace nodes)

Ps. your xml isn't well formed.  If there should be 8 elements, then
<A12> should be <A12/>.

cheers
andrew

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