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, provided that 4.0 features are enabled (see Enabling 4.0 features). 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.