Very interesting idea David.

I forgot to tell you that repetitions aren't allowed.

e.g.

WAAUX01
WAAUX01
WAAUXCallerID
WAAUX03

Should output a 2.

However the translate() funcation eliminates this differences.
Is that possible or too complicated for XSLT?

Many Thanks,
Houman



-----Original Message-----
From: David Carlisle [mailto:davidc@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 October 2005 16:38
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  Wildcard problem


<xsl:value-of
select="count(*[starts-with(translate(name(),'123456789','000000000'),'W
AAUX00')])"/>


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