The XPath Node Set Functions

The following XPath functions work on node sets:

  • count(node-set ). This function returns the number of nodes in a node set.

  • id(string ID ). This function returns a node set of the element whose ID matches the string passed to the function, or an empty node set if no element matches.

  • last(). This function returns the number of nodes in a node set.

  • local-name(node-set ). This function returns the local name of the first node in the node set.

  • name(node-set ). This function returns the qualified name of the first node in the node set.

  • namespace-uri(node-set ). This function returns the URI of the namespace of the first node in the node set.

  • position(). This function returns the position of the context node in the context node ...

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