fn:sum

Returns the total of a sequence of numbers or durations.

sum($values as xs:anyAtomicType*, $zero as xs:anyAtomicType?:=0) ➔ xs:anyAtomicType?

Arguments

 

$values

xs:anyAtomicType*

The sequence of values to be totalled

 

$zero

xs:anyAtomicType?

:= 0

The value to return if the input sequence is empty (default integer zero)

Result

xs:anyAtomicType?

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.