exactly-one

Returns a sequence if it contains exactly one item, otherwise errors

Description

The fn:exactly-one function returns $arg if it contains one and only one item. Otherwise, the error FORG0005 is raised. This function is useful when static typing is in effect, to avoid apparent static type errors.

Parameters

Description

arg:item()

Examples

XPath

Results

exactly-one( () )

Error FORG0005

exactly-one(‘a’)

a

exactly-one( (‘a’, ‘b’) )

Error FORG0005

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