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functx:last-node

The XML node in a sequence that is last in document order

Description

The functx:last-node function returns the node in the sequence that appears last in document order (regardless of their order in the sequence). If nodes in the sequence are from multiple documents, the choice of which document is last is implementation-dependent.

Arguments and Return Type

XQuery Function Declaration

declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com";
declare function functx:last-node
  ( $nodes as node()* )  as node()? {

   ($nodes/.)[last()]
 } ;

Examples

<authors>
   <author>
      <fName>Kate</fName>
      <lName>Jones</lName>
   </author>
   <author>
      <fName>John</fName>
      <lName>Doe</lName>
   </author>
</authors>

functx:last-node($in-xml//fName)

<fName>John</fName>

functx:last-node(
     ($in-xml//lName,
      $in-xml//fName) )

<lName>Doe</lName>

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