compare

compare($comparand1 as xs:string?, $comparand2 as xs:string?) ➔ xs:integer?

Compares two strings using the default collation

Arguments
	$comparand1	xs:string?	The first string to be compared
	$comparand2	xs:string?	The second string to be compared
Result		xs:integer?

compare($comparand1 as xs:string?, $comparand2 as xs:string?, $collation as xs:string) ➔ xs:integer?

Compares two strings using the specified collation

Arguments
	$comparand1	xs:string?	The first string to be compared
	$comparand2	xs:string?	The second string to be compared
	$collation	xs:string	The collation to be used for the comparison
Result		xs:integer?

Links to W3C specifications

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

Applies to: XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and later versions

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

The function is fully implemented according to the W3C specifications.