fn:void

Absorbs the argument.

void($input as item()*:=()) ➔ empty-sequence()

Arguments

 

$input

item()*

:= ()

The input sequence

Result

empty-sequence()

Namespace

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

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 4.0 Functions and Operators

Saxon availability

Available in XPath 4.0, XSLT 4.0, and XQuery 4.0. Requires Saxon-PE or Saxon-EE. Implemented since Saxon 12. Available for all platforms.

Notes on the Saxon implementation

Available since Saxon 13 in XPath 4.0. Available since Saxon 12.0 provided that syntax extensions are enabled.

The Saxon implementation always evaluates the $input argument eagerly, making it useful to force evaluation of an expression that has side-effects.