subsequence

subsequence($sourceSeq as item()*, $startingLoc as xs:double) → item()*

Arguments

 

$sourceSeq

item()*

The input sequence

 

$startingLoc

xs:double

The position of the first item from the input sequence to be included in the result

Result

item()*

subsequence($sourceSeq as item()*, $startingLoc as xs:double, $length as xs:double) → item()*

Arguments

 

$sourceSeq

item()*

The input sequence

 

$startingLoc

xs:double

The position of the first item from the input sequence to be included in the result

 

$length

xs:double

The number of items to be included in the result

Result

item()*

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