In 2.0 you can use regular expressions. Here I think you just want

count(*[starts-with(name(),'WAAUX')]) -
count(*[starts-with(name(),'WAAUXCallerID')])

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Khorasani, Houman [mailto:houman_khorasani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 05 October 2005 16:34
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Wildcard problem
> 
> Hello,
> 
> <xsl:value-of select="count(*[starts-with(name(),'WAAUX')])"/>
> 
> I would like to count each element that starts with a 'WAAUX' then any
> two digit numbers and rest doesn't matter.
> 
> e.g.
> 
> WAAUX02xxx	-> should be counted
> WAAUXCallerID -> should NOT be counted
> WAAUX04xxx	-> should be counted
> 
> 
> I guess I need to use concat('WAAUX', ... ) within the count above.
> But can I use a star as wild card in this case?
> 
> 
> Any idea?
> 
> Many thanks
> Houman