fn:sum

Returns the total of a sequence of numbers or durations.

sum($arg as xs:anyAtomicType*) ➔ xs:anyAtomicType

Arguments

 

$arg

xs:anyAtomicType*

The sequence of values to be totalled

Result

xs:anyAtomicType

sum($arg as xs:anyAtomicType*, $zero as xs:anyAtomicType?) ➔ xs:anyAtomicType?

Arguments

 

$arg

xs:anyAtomicType*

The sequence of values to be totalled

 

$zero

xs:anyAtomicType?

The value to return if the input sequence is empty (default integer zero)

Result

xs:anyAtomicType?

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.