fn:char

Returns a string containing a particular character or glyph.

char($value as (xs:string | xs:positiveInteger)) ➔ xs:string

Arguments
	$value	(xs:string | xs:positiveInteger)		A value identifying a particular character: either a Unicode codepoint, an HTML5 character reference name, or one of the backslash-escape sequences \n, \r or \t
Result		xs:string

Namespace

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

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 4.0 Functions and Operators

Saxon availability

Available in XPath 4.0, XSLT 4.0, and XQuery 4.0, provided that 4.0 features are enabled (see Enabling 4.0 features). Requires Saxon-PE or Saxon-EE. Implemented since Saxon 13. Available for all platforms.