fn:string-join

Returns a string created by concatenating all the items in the given sequence (casting each item to a string), separated by the given separator.

string-join($values as xs:anyAtomicType*, $separator as xs:string?:="") ➔ xs:string

Arguments
	$values	xs:anyAtomicType*		A sequence of strings to be joined into one
	$separator	xs:string?	:= ""	The separator to be used between adjacent strings
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 3.0, XSLT 3.0, XQuery 3.0, and later versions. Available in all Saxon editions. Available for all platforms.

Notes on the Saxon implementation

The single-argument form of this function is specified in XPath 3.0, and is available since Saxon 9.3, provided XPath 3.0 is enabled. Note that the default separator is a zero-length string, not a single space.