> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas L. Delmelle
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>
> it seems as if you just want the count of *all* preceding ITEM elements
> satisfying the stated condition, which would be
>
>   count( preceding::PARA0[TITLE!='Raging River']/STEP1/ITEM )
>

Hmm. On second though, this would seem to be even more adequately
representing the logic of what you're trying to do

count( preceding::ITEM[ancestor::PARA0[TITLE!='Raging River']] )

Cheers,

Andreas


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