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functx:index-of-deep-equal-node
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The position of a node in a sequence, based on contents and attributes

Description
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The functx:index-of-deep-equal-node function returns one or more integers 
representing the position of an XML node within a sequence of nodes. Rather than 
being based on node identity, it is based on the equality of the name and 
content of the nodes, as defined by the built-in fn:deep-equal function. If 
$nodes does not contain a match, the function returns the empty sequence.

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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - nodes:node()
     - the node sequence
   * - nodeToFind:node()
     - the node to find in the sequence

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - functx:index-of-deep-equal-node($in-xml/author,$anAuthor)
     - 2
   * - functx:index-of-deep-equal-node($in-xml/author,$anotherAuthor)
     - ()
   * - functx:index-of-deep-equal-node($in-xml/author/lName,$anAuthor/lName)
     - 2

See Also
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* :ref:`functx_index-of-node`.
* :ref:`functx_distinct-deep`.