expath-file:read-text-lines

Reads the contents of a file as a sequence of strings, separated at newline boundaries.

read-text-lines($file as xs:string) ➔ xs:string*

Arguments

 

$file

xs:string

The file to be read

Result

xs:string*

read-text-lines($file as xs:string, $encoding as xs:string) ➔ xs:string*

Arguments

 

$file

xs:string

The file to be read

 

$encoding

xs:string

Character encoding

Result

xs:string*

Details

Namespace: http://expath.org/ns/file

Notes on the Saxon implementation

Implemented since Saxon 9.5; available whether or not support for XPath 3.0 is enabled