fn:distinct-values

Returns the set of distinct values present in a given sequence.

distinct-values($arg as xs:anyAtomicType*) ➔ xs:anyAtomicType*

Arguments

 

$arg

xs:anyAtomicType*

The sequence to be de-duplicated

Result

xs:anyAtomicType*

distinct-values($arg as xs:anyAtomicType*, $collation as xs:string) ➔ xs:anyAtomicType*

Arguments

 

$arg

xs:anyAtomicType*

The sequence to be de-duplicated

 

$collation

xs:string

The collation used for comparing strings

Result

xs:anyAtomicType*

Namespace

http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

The current Saxon implementation returns the values in "order of first appearance", but it cannot be assumed that this will always remain the case.