functx:index-of-node
The position of a node in a sequence, based on node identity
Description
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.
Parameters |
Description |
|---|---|
nodes:node() |
the node sequence |
noteToFind:node() |
the node to find in the sequence |
Examples
XPath |
Results |
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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 |