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functx:min-string

The minimum of a sequence of values, treating them like strings

Description

The functx:min-string function returns the minimum of the values in $strings. It differs from the built-in fn:min function only in treats values of all types like strings. The fn:min function, by contrast, treats untyped and numeric values like numbers (and an error is raised if they are not numbers).

Arguments and Return Type

XSLT Function Declaration

<xsl:function name="functx:min-string" as="xs:string?"
              xmlns:functx="http://www.functx.com">
  <xsl:param name="strings" as="xs:anyAtomicType*"/>

  <xsl:sequence select="
   min(for $string in $strings return string($string))
 "/>

</xsl:function>

Examples

<in-xml>
  <x>a</x>
  <y>c</y>
  <z>b</z>
</in-xml>

functx:min-string( $in-xml/* )

a

functx:min-string( (100,25,3) )

100

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