fn.string( [arg as Item?] ) as String?
Returns the value of $arg represented as an xs:string
. If no
argument is supplied, this function returns the string value of the
context item (.).
Parameters | |
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arg | The item to be rendered as a string. |
If $arg is the empty sequence, the zero-length string is returned.
If $arg is a node, the function returns the string-value of the node, as obtained using the dm:string-value accessor.
If $arg is an atomic value, then the function returns the same string as is returned by the expression:$arg cast as xs:string
var x = fn.head(xdmp.unquote('<hello>hello<goodbye>goodbye</goodbye></hello>') ).xpath("/hello"); fn.string(x); => hellogoodbye
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