count

Counts the number of items in a sequence

count($arg as item()*) ➔ xs:integer

Arguments
	$arg	item()*	The sequence whose items are to be counted
Result		xs:integer

Links to W3C specifications

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Applies to: XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and later versions

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

The function is fully implemented according to the W3C specifications.