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functx:word-count

The number of words

Description

The functx:word-count function returns the number of words in a string (or node that is atomized). Word boundaries are determined by the definition of "word characters" in Unicode. If $arg is the empty sequence, it returns zero.

Arguments and Return Type

XSLT Function Declaration

<xsl:function name="functx:word-count" as="xs:integer"
              xmlns:functx="http://www.functx.com">
  <xsl:param name="arg" as="xs:string?"/>

  <xsl:sequence select="
   count(tokenize($arg, '\W+')[. != ''])
 "/>

</xsl:function>

Examples

functx:word-count('hello there world')

3

functx:word-count(' hello  world    ')

2

functx:word-count('a.b.c')

3

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