index-of

Finds the positions of items in a sequence that match the second argument

index-of($seq as xs:anyAtomicType*, $search as xs:anyAtomicType) ➔ xs:integer*

Arguments
	$seq	xs:anyAtomicType*	The sequence being searched
	$search	xs:anyAtomicType	The value being sought
Result		xs:integer*

index-of($seq as xs:anyAtomicType*, $search as xs:anyAtomicType, $collation as xs:string) ➔ xs:integer*

Arguments
	$seq	xs:anyAtomicType*	The sequence being searched
	$search	xs:anyAtomicType	The value being sought
	$collation	xs:string	The collation to be used for comparing strings
Result		xs:integer*

Links to W3C specifications

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Applies to: XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and later versions

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

The function is fully implemented according to the W3C specifications.