.. _local-name:

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local-name
========== 

The local part of a node's name

Description
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The fn:local-name function is useful only for element, attribute and processing 
instruction nodes. For an element or attribute, this is simply its name, 
stripped of any prefix it might have.

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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - arg:node()
     - 

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - local-name($in-xml)
     - noNamespace
   * - local-name($in-xml//pre:prefixed)
     - prefixed
   * - local-name($in-xml//unpre:unprefixed)
     - unprefixed
   * - local-name($in-xml//@pre:prefAttr)
     - prefAttr
   * - local-name($in-xml//@noNSAttr)
     - noNSAttr

See Also
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* :ref:`name`.
* :ref:`node-name`.
* :ref:`local-name-from-QName`.