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functx:index-of-node
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The position of a node in a sequence, based on node identity

Description
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The functx:index-of-node function returns one or more integers representing the 
position of an XML node within a sequence of nodes. It is based entirely on node 
identity, not the value or content of the nodes.

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

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - functx:index-of-node($in-xml/author,$in-xml/author[1])
     - 1
   * - functx:index-of-node($in-xml/author,$in-xml/author[2])
     - 2
   * - functx:index-of-node($in-xml/author, $in-xml/author[lName='Doe'])
     - 2

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