deep-equal

Compares two sequences for deep equality; string values are compared using the specified collation; nodes are compared for deep equality of names and content.

deep-equal($parameter1 as item()*, $parameter2 as item()*) ➔ xs:boolean

Arguments
	$parameter1	item()*	The first value to be compared
	$parameter2	item()*	The second value to be compared
Result		xs:boolean

deep-equal($parameter1 as item()*, $parameter2 as item()*, $collation as xs:string) ➔ xs:boolean

Arguments
	$parameter1	item()*	The first value to be compared
	$parameter2	item()*	The second value to be compared
	$collation	xs:string	The collation to be used whenever strings are compared
Result		xs:boolean

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 Saxon implementation handles maps as described for the deep-equal specification in the XSLT 3.0 working draft.

A Saxon-specific variant of this function is also available, with additional comparison options: see saxon:deep-equal