Re: preceding-sibling::node()[1] to root node

Thank you Dimitre for answer .. 

Regards,
Mukul

--- Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:

> On 6/4/05, Mukul Gandhi <mukul_gandhi(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com>
> wrote:
> > I have a question..
> >
> > What should be the output of?
> >
> > <xsl:template match="/">
> >  <xsl:value-of
> > select="count(preceding-sibling::node()[1])" />
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > Should it be 0 or 'NaN' .. Or something else?
>
> This is a very easy, straightforward to answer
> question.
>
> How many preceding-sibling nodes does the document
> node have?
>
>   Exactly zero.
>
>   Therefore, the expression in the brackets is the
> empty node-set.
>
>   How many elements does the empty node-set have?
>   Exactly zero.
>
> Therefore the answer is: 0
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dimitre Novatchev.
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