.. _functx_siblings:

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functx:siblings
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The siblings of an XML node

Description
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The functx:siblings function returns the siblings of a node (but not the node 
itself). This does not include attributes, but does include elements, text 
nodes, processing instructions and comments.

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

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - functx:siblings($in-xml/author[1])
     - <author>   <fName a3="def">John</fName>   <lName>Doe</lName> </author>
   * - functx:siblings($in-xml/author[1]/fName[2])
     - <fName a3="def">Kate</fName> <lName>Jones</lName>

See Also
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* :ref:`functx_siblings-same-name`.