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File: Data.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<list xml:lang="en">
  <title>title 1</title>
  <listitem>item 1</listitem>
  <listitem>item 2</listitem>
  <listitem>item 3</listitem>
  <listitem xml:lang="sw">item 4</listitem>
  <listitem xml:lang="en-gb">item 5</listitem>
  <listitem xml:lang="zu">item 6</listitem>
  <listitem xml:lang="jz">item 7</listitem>
</list>

File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

  <xsl:output method="text"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:text>Your document contains </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="count(//*)"/>
    <xsl:text> elements and </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="count(//@*)"/>
    <xsl:text> attributes.&#xA;Have a great day!</xsl:text>
  </xsl:template>
  
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

Your document contains 9 elements and 5 attributes.
Have a great day!