XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0 - Section 4 Core Function Library
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
number last() |
Returns the position of the last node in the context list. |
number position() |
Returns the position of the current context node. |
number count( node-set ) |
Returns the number of nodes in the node-set. |
node-set id( object ) |
Retruns the element specified by it's unique id. |
string local-name( node-set ) |
Returns the local-name for the first node in the node-set. |
string local-name() |
Returns the local-name for the context node. |
string namespace-uri( node-set ) |
Returns the namespace-uri for the first node in the node-set. |
string namespace-uri() |
Returns the namespace-uri for the context node. |
string name( node-set ) |
Returns the name for the first node in the node-set. |
string name() |
Returns the name for the context node. |
XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0 - Section 4.1 Node Set Functions
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
string string( object ) |
Returns the string representation of the object argument. |
string string() |
Returns a string value representation of the context node. |
string concat( string, string, string* ) |
Returns the concatenation of its arguments. |
boolean starts-with( string, string ) |
Returns true if the first argument string starts with the second argument string. |
boolean contains( string, string ) |
Returns true if the first argument string contains the second argument string. |
string substring-before( string, string ) |
Returns the substring of the first argument string that comes before the first occurrence of the second argument. |
string substring-after( string, string ) |
Returns the substring of the first argument string that comes after the first occurrence of the second argument. |
string substring( string, number, number ) |
Returns the substring of the first argument starting at the position specified by the second argument and the length specified by the third argument. |
string substring( string, number ) |
Returns the substring of the first argument from the position specified by the second argument. |
number string-length( string ) |
Returns the length of the string specified by the argument. |
number string-length() |
Returns the length of the string specified by the context node. |
string normalize-space( string ) |
Returns a white-space normalized string specified by the argument. |
string normalize-space() |
Returns a white-space normalized string specified by the context-node. |
string translate( string, string, string ) |
Replaces characters in the string specified by the second argument with characters specified by the third argument. |
XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0 - Section 4.2 String Functions
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
boolean boolean( object ) |
Returns the boolean representation of the object argument. |
boolean not( boolean ) |
Returns a boolean with the opposite value of its argument. |
boolean true() |
Returns a boolean with the value of true. |
boolean false() |
Returns a boolean with the value of false. |
boolean lang( string ) |
Returns true if the language of the context node is the same as the languag specified by the argument. |
XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0 - Section 4.3 Boolean Functions
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
number number( object ) |
Returns the number representation of the object argument. |
number number() |
Returns the number representation of the context node. |
number sum( node-set ) |
Returns the sum of all nodes in the node-set. |
number floor( number ) |
Returns the largest integer value not greater than the argument. |
number ceiling( number ) |
Returns the smallest integer value not less than the argument. |
number round( number ) |
Returns the integer value closest to the argument. |
XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0 - Section 4.4 Number Functions