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fn:name

The qualified name of a node, as a string

Description

The fn:name function returns the qualified name of a node, as a string. If the node's name is not in a namespace, this function returns the local part of the name, with no prefix. The resulting string is then the namespace prefix, plus a colon (":"), plus the local part. If the name is associated with the default namespace, the resulting name may not be prefixed.

This description is © Copyright 2007, Priscilla Walmsley. It is excerpted from the book XQuery by Priscilla Walmsley, O'Reilly, 2007. For a complete explanation of this function, please refer to Appendix A of the book.

Arguments and Return Type

Examples

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:pre2="http://datypic.com/pre"
                xmlns:unpre2="http://datypic.com/unpre">...

<noNamespace>
  <pre:prefixed xmlns="http://datypic.com/unpre"
           xmlns:pre="http://datypic.com/pre">
    <unprefixed pre:prefAttr="a" noNSAttr="b">123</unprefixed>
  </pre:prefixed>
</noNamespace>

name($in-xml)

noNamespace

name($in-xml//pre2:prefixed)

pre:prefixed

name($in-xml//unpre2:unprefixed)

unprefixed

name($in-xml//@pre2:prefAttr)

pre:prefAttr

name($in-xml//@noNSAttr)

noNSAttr

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