Question

I have a value like integer=”1,2,3,4,5″ in the xml. How can I count the total number using XSLT. So that the output gives me a count of 5

Regards,
Sam

Answer 1

Here’s one way (there may be others). Simply translate all commas into empty strings, and then compare in difference in length of strings:

<xsl:value-of 
   select="string-length(@integer) 
           - string-length(translate(@integer, ',', '')) + 1" />

If you need to handle empty strings, try this instead

<xsl:value-of 
  select="string-length(@integer) 
          - string-length(translate(@integer, ',', '')) 
          + 1 * (string-length(@integer) != 0)" />