fn:characters

Splits the supplied string into a sequence of single-character strings.

characters($value as xs:string?) ➔ xs:string*

Arguments

 

$value

xs:string?

The input string

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. Requires Saxon-PE or Saxon-EE. Implemented since Saxon 11. Available for all platforms.

Notes on the Saxon implementation

Available since Saxon 13 in XPath 4.0. Available since Saxon 11 provided that syntax extensions are enabled.