fn:normalize-space

Eliminates redundant spaces from the supplied string, or the string value of the context item.

normalize-space($value as xs:anyAtomicType?:=string(.)) ➔ xs:string

Arguments

 

$value

xs:anyAtomicType?

:= string(.)

The string to be normalized

Result

xs:string

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.