fn:remove
Removes an item from a sequence
Description
The fn:remove function returns a copy of $target with the item at position $position removed. Position numbers start at 1, not 0.
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
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
$target |
item()* |
the sequence to remove an item from |
$position |
xs:integer |
the position to remove the item from |
| return value | item()* |
Examples
| XPath Example | Results |
|---|---|
remove( ('a', 'b', 'c'), 2) |
('a', 'c') |
remove( ('a', 'b', 'c'), 10) |
('a', 'b', 'c') |
remove( ('a', 'b', 'c'), 0) |
('a', 'b', 'c') |
History
| Published On | Last Updated | Contributor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2006-06-27 | 2007-02-26 | W3C, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators, http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/ |
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