fn:compare

Compares two strings using the specified collation, or the default collation if none is supplied.

compare($value1 as xs:anyAtomicType?, $value2 as xs:anyAtomicType?, $collation as xs:string?:=fn:default-collation()) ➔ xs:integer?

Arguments

 

$value1

xs:anyAtomicType?

The first string to be compared

 

$value2

xs:anyAtomicType?

The second string to be compared

 

$collation

xs:string?

:= fn:default-collation()

The collation to be used for the comparison

Result

xs:integer?

Namespace

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

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 3.1 Functions and Operators

XPath 4.0 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.