fn:reverse
Reverses the order of a sequence
Description
The fn:reverse function reverses the order of the items in a sequence. These items may be nodes, or atomic values, or both.
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 |
|---|---|
$arg |
item()* |
| return value | item()* |
Examples
| XPath Example | Results |
|---|---|
reverse( (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) ) |
(5, 4, 3, 2, 1) |
reverse( (6, 2, 4) ) |
(4, 2, 6) |
reverse( () ) |
() |
See Also
| functx:reverse-string | Reverses the order of characters |
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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