It is often desirable to add a node count to the title of a view to help users gauge how many nodes have been returned - especially when using exposed filters.

In Views 1.x, this is a fairly simple process using the "hook_views_pre_view(&$view, &$items)" function (documentation).

Let's say you have a view that displays titles and authors all content of type "story" on your site in table format. Furthermore, you've exposed the "Node: Author Name" field as an exposed filter for the view:

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