compare

compare($comparand1 as xs:string?, $comparand2 as xs:string?) → xs:integer?

Arguments

 

$comparand1

xs:string?

The first string to be compared

 

$comparand2

xs:string?

The second string to be compared

Result

xs:integer?

compare($comparand1 as xs:string?, $comparand2 as xs:string?, $collation as xs:string) → xs:integer?

Arguments

 

$comparand1

xs:string?

The first string to be compared

 

$comparand2

xs:string?

The second string to be compared

 

$collation

xs:string

The collation to be used for the comparison

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