fn: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*

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.