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Return type: Integer
Returns:       

The number of attributes for an element.



Syntax
  number of specified? attributes
   element-qualifier*


Purpose

An operator that returns the number of attributes declared for an element.

For example, in the following code number of is applied to attributes to determine the number of attributes declared for an element and that element's parent element:

  ...
  output "Element %q has " ||
       number of attributes ||
       " attributes(s).%n" ||
       "Element %q's parent has " ||
       number of attributes of parent ||
       " attribute(s).%n"

    Related Syntax
   number of
 
Related Concepts
   Attributes: list-valued
 
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