insert-before

Insert an item into a sequence

insert-before($target as item()*, $position as xs:integer, $inserts as item()*) ➔ item()*

Arguments
	$target	item()*	Input sequence, into which new values are inserted
	$position	xs:integer	The position of the item before which the new values are inserted
	$inserts	item()*	The values to be inserted into the sequence
Result		item()*

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.