XQuery - group by and count

xml, xquery

Solution

XQuery 3.0 solution with `group by`:

<A>{
  for $name in //Name
  let $full :=
    if(not($name/@p)) then concat($name, ' ', $name/@t)
    else concat($name, ' ', $name/@t, ', ', $name/@p)
  group by $full
  return <N>{$full, '-', count($name)}</N>
}</A>

XQuery 1.0 solution with `distinct-values($arg)`:

<A>{
  let $names :=
    for $name in //Name
    return if(not($name/@p)) then concat($name, ' ', $name/@t)
    else concat($name, ' ', $name/@t, ', ', $name/@p)
  for $name in distinct-values($names)
  return <N>{$name, '-', count($names[. eq $name])}</N>
}</A>

Problem

This is the structure of my XML file - ``` <A> <Name t="Mr.">James Bond</Name> <Name t="Mr.">Allen Bond</Name> <Name t="Mr." p="X">James Bond</Name> <Name t="Mr." p="X">James Bond</Name> <Name t="Mr.">James Bond</Name> <Name t="Mrs.">James Bond</Name> <Name t="Mrs.">James Bond</Name> <Name t="Mr.">James Bond</Name> <Name t="Mrs." p="Y">James Bond</Name> <Name t="Mrs." p="Y">James Bond</Name> </A> ``` The output I am expecting is - ``` <A> <N>Allen Bond Mr - 1</N> <N>James Bond Mr - 3</N> <N>James Bond Mr, X - 2</N> <N>James Bond Mrs - 2</N> <N>James Bond Mrs, Y - 2</N> </A> ``` I am able to get the distinct names but cant add the count...

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