Count with nested elements on different levels

[Motxslt]

Suppose you have the following: <System> <system type="Main"> <properties> <prop name="Color" value="Green" /> <prop name="Purpose" value="Relaxing" /> </properties> <system type="Secondary"> <properties> <prop name="Texture" value="Smooth" /> <prop name="Smell" value="Flowery" /> <prop name="Aesthetics" value="Fair" /> </properties> </system> </system> If there is a scenario where you need to count all that are Color="green" and Texture="Smooth". Note the elements are on different levels. What is the format? How do you obtain elements located in different levels? <xsl:variable name="GreenSmoothFood"select="count(//system[@type=Main]/properties/prop[@name=Color' and @value='Green]/system[@type=PortableConfiguration]/properties[prop[@name=Texture' and @value='Smooth]])"/>Thanks,

[markdark]

Hi, The following XSLT should work as long as you use a XSLT 2.0 processor:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions"><xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/> <xsl:template match="/">  <xsl:element name="data">   <xsl:element name="totalGreenColor">    <xsl:value-of select="count(//prop[@name = 'Color' and @value = 'Green'])" />   </xsl:element>   <xsl:element name="totalSmoothTexture">    <xsl:value-of select="count(//prop[@name = 'Texture' and @value = 'Smooth'])" />   </xsl:element>  </xsl:element></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

Using "//prop" (without the ") means select all <prop> elements. With in the brackets you can select only those prop elements that are needed.