.. _functx_sequence-node-equal-any-order:

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functx:sequence-node-equal-any-order
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Whether two sequences contain the same XML nodes, regardless of order

Description
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The functx:sequence-node-equal-any-order function returns a boolean value 
indicating whether the two arguments have the same nodes, in any order. They are 
compared based on node identity, not their contents.

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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - seq1:node()
     - the first sequence of nodes
   * - seq2:node()
     - the second sequence of nodes

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - functx:sequence-node-equal-any-order($in-xml/author, $in-xml/*)
     - true
   * - functx:sequence-node-equal-any-order($in-xml/author, ($in-xml/author[2],$in-xml/author[1]))
     - true
   * - functx:sequence-node-equal-any-order($in-xml/author[1],$anAuthor)
     - false

See Also
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* :ref:`functx_sequence-node-equal`.
* :ref:`functx_sequence-deep-equal`.