.. _functx_follows-not-descendant:

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functx:follows-not-descendant
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Whether an XML node follows another without being its descendant

Description
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The functx:follows-not-descendant function returns a boolean value indicating 
whether $a follows $b without being its descendant. If either argument is the 
empty sequence the function returns false.

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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - a:node()
     - the first node
   * - b:node()
     - the second node

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - functx:follows-not-descendant($in-xml//author[2],$in-xml//author[1])
     - true
   * - functx:follows-not-descendant($in-xml//author[1]/fName, $in-xml//author[1])
     - false
   * - functx:follows-not-descendant($in-xml//author[1],$in-xml//author[2])
     - false

See Also
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* :ref:`functx_precedes-not-ancestor`.
* :ref:`functx_last-node`.