count(preceding-sibling::*) + count(../preceding-sibling::*/*)

(change "*" to "node()" if you want all nodes, rather than just element
nodes)

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim_Albright@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Jim_Albright@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 12 March 2008 20:29
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Count preceding cousins and siblings
> 
> I need to be able to count the preceding cousins and siblings.
> 
> 
> Thanks to Wendell for a quick correct solution to the adding 
> hierarchy problem. I spent three days on it without success.
> 
> Jim Albright
> 704 843-0582
> JAARS, Speeding Bible Translation
> Wycliffe, Partners in Bible Translation