.. _functx_change-element-ns-deep:

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functx:change-element-ns-deep
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Changes the namespace of XML elements and its descendants

Description
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The functx:change-element-ns-deep function changes the namespace of the XML 
elements in $nodes to $newns. Unlike the functx:change-element-ns function, it 
also changes the namespace of all their descendant elements.

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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - nodes:node()
     - the nodes to change
   * - newns:string()
     - the new namespace
   * - prefix:string()
     - the prefix to use for the new namespace

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - functx:change-element-ns-deep($in-xml, 'http://foo','')
     - <a xmlns="http://foo">   <b>557</b>   <c>xyz</c> </a>
   * - functx:change-element-ns-deep($in-xml, 'http://foo','foo')
     - <foo:a xmlns:foo="http://foo">   <foo:b>557</foo:b>   <foo:c>xyz</foo:c> </foo:a>

See Also
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* :ref:`functx_change-element-ns`.
* :ref:`functx_change-element-names-deep`.