.. _position:

========
position
======== 

The current context position

Description
~~~~~~~~~~~
The fn:position function returns an integer representing the position (starting 
with 1, not 0) of the current context item within the context sequence (the 
current sequence of items being processed.


Examples
~~~~~~~~
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
     - **Explanation**
   * - $in-xml/*[position() > 2]
     - <a>3</a> <a>4</a> <a>5</a>
     - 
   * - $in-xml/a[position() > 2]
     - <a>4</a> <a>5</a>
     - 
   * - $in-xml/a[position() = 3]
     - <a>4</a>
     - The expression [position() = 3] is equivalent to the expression [3].
.. list-table::
   :widths: 50 50
   :header-rows: 1

   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - $in-xml/*[position() > 2]
     - <a>3</a> <a>4</a> <a>5</a>
   * - $in-xml/a[position() > 2]
     - <a>4</a> <a>5</a>
   * - $in-xml/a[position() = 3]
     - <a>4</a>

See Also
~~~~~~~~

.. toctree::
   :titlesonly:
   :glob:

* :ref:`functx_first-node`.
* :ref:`functx_last-node`.
* :ref:`index-of`.
* :ref:`last`.