fn:index-of

Finds the positions of items in a sequence that match the second argument.

index-of($input as xs:anyAtomicType*, $target as xs:anyAtomicType, $collation as xs:string?:=fn:default-collation()) ➔ xs:integer*

Arguments

 

$input

xs:anyAtomicType*

The sequence being searched

 

$target

xs:anyAtomicType

The value being sought

 

$collation

xs:string?

:= fn:default-collation()

The collation used for comparing strings

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.