Name

count — Returns the number of values in the sequence.

Synopsis

integer count ( seq any );

Description

Returns 1 if the argument is a single value or a count of elements in the given sequence of values.

This function must be called with an argument, it do nothing with context. To count nodes in context node-set, use last().

Parameters

seq

Sequence of values to be counted.

Return Types

Integer

Errors

This function never returns any errors

Examples

Example24.573.

count(//*)

See Also

empty() last()