fn:contains

Returns true if the second string is a substring of the first.

contains($arg1 as xs:string?, $arg2 as xs:string?) ➔ xs:boolean

Arguments

 

$arg1

xs:string?

The containing string

 

$arg2

xs:string?

The contained string

Result

xs:boolean

contains($arg1 as xs:string?, $arg2 as xs:string?, $collation as xs:string) ➔ xs:boolean

Arguments

 

$arg1

xs:string?

The containing string

 

$arg2

xs:string?

The contained string

 

$collation

xs:string

The collation to be used for comparing the strings

Result

xs:boolean

Namespace

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

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 3.1 Functions and Operators

Saxon availability

Available in XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0, and later versions. Available in all Saxon editions. Available for all platforms.